Hi all
Not really sure what to write here but will just try and fire away.
DS1 has always been a very "bendy" boy. After a visit to neurology a few months back he had requested that DS1 attend the motor co-ordination clinic.
I was unsure as to what this clinic was having never heard of it before now. School had also reported to us on how tired ds1 had been in class since he started school, how his concentration was poor, struggled to use scissors but they gave him training scissors, we knew nothing about the scissors until a few weeks back at parents evening.
Anyway we went along today and there was a physio and 2 OT's present to carry out the assessment.
They done a range of tests on him, ranging from writing, putting coins in a box, throwing and catching, balance, stand on 1 leg to name a few
They sat with me at the end to go over their findings. DS1 has to attend OT groups at the hospital- these dates will follow onto us when the next block of groups start(expected to be end july), OT will visit the school to discuss with them ways in which to make ds1 days better at school and more manageable. They will take along an angle board for him to use at his desk, dicuss ways they can help with his pencil grip(grips they used in clinic were not comfortable for him).
Physio will start with him too however they have said they will wait until he starts at a local group to help with building him up and working on his extremely poor tone. They said they need to make his hands stronger as they are so week with little power too.His trunk muscles aren't the greatest either. They will send him to a group after the summer holidays that will help him ride a bike which he cant do either.
I informed them that dyspraxia had been mentioned to us from the neurology team aswell as H.V etc and could this be the case with ds1?????
OT kinda looked at physio and went on t say that many years ago children had to be really really bad for dyspraxia to be picked up on( going back about 20 yrs she said) however medicine today has changed and they are able to pick up on things that were probably not picked up on before[hmmm], this did not answer my question at all so I asked again!!!!!
Her answer was YES!!!! Although we had our suspisions when they said yes I felt so sick and wanted to just cuddle him. Now I know it ain't the end of the world and they can work on him to imrprove hi poor tone etc but ds1 was my only "Normal"(excuse the pun, no offence meant here)child. I also have 3 yr old twin boys, DT1 has behavioural issues which are currently under investigation, DT2 has global development delay, joint hypotonia, gastro oesofegus reflux, very poor muscle tone.
Thanks for listening to my long rant, any information you can give me will be gratefully appreciated.
TIA
Jambuttie
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