Additional private therapies or services to consider?

[Indigo164]

Are there any particular therapies or services that are generally recommended for children with special needs, that are typically not offered by the NHS or local councils?

I appreciate that each child will need support and focus in different areas, but just wanted to hear if there was anything that was consistently suggested?

I've actually been incredibly impressed by the physio, ot, dietician, and general community support we have been provided, bit wanted to compliment this if possible.

Just bumping this thread for you, OP.

depends hugely on the child, the diagnosis, the circumstances...?

A child with poor diet attending nursery 5 days a week for 8 hours a day probably needs totally different complementary therapy, from a child with a good diet and a stay-at-home parent who engages constantly with the child using as many therapy-approved techniques as possible. A child with processing difficulties and hyperacusis might adore music therapy, or might loathe it, depending on therapy and child.

So I think more info is needed for anyone to be much help?

For asd I wholeheartedly recommend ABA.

And - as an illustration of my point right here - for ASD with a highly-verbal child who has the capacity to refuse to engage and monkey around because he's bored, I wholeheartedly don't recommend ABA, at least the version of it that's available where we are. But ESDM seems to be going ok so far!

Thanks for the replies and yes I do appreciate that the core therapies very much need to be tailored to each child.

I did read another thread about retained reflex therapy and rhythmic movements that seems like it could be worth pursuing.