Appointment with SALT and OT next week.. what to expect..

[lulumama]

DS referred as high probability he is dyslexic, SENCO says he shows every sign of being a classic dyslexic. So, we have SALT appt and OT appt next week.. what will happen? Had to fill in a questionnaire for OT that was quite detailed..

any thoughts and experiences on this

thanks x

[lulumama]

anyone ?

[southeastastra]

just been to the first OT appointment with my ds(6) today. he had to do a few tests with the pencil, drawing, doing a maze etc, then he did some physical tests. have to go back friday.

not much advice but i'm new to OT too atm.

[lulumama]

thanks for the reply, SEA

i hope your DS gets on ok

[Lulumama]

DS has had both his appointments now

OT was as SEA said, som jumping, throwing, balancing, drawing , cutting, and looking at shapes to see what was the odd one out.

she was happy to discharge him there and then.. no perceptual issues, or dyspraxia. Also, he has some hypermobility, but does not seem to affect his fine motor skills. Interestingly, DD is very bendy, she can almost do the split, and she is 2 ! she can fold herself in half and wrap her legs round her ears !!! maybe their is a future for her as a yoga teacher

SALT - slightly more concerned, he seems to have some issues with short term memory and word recall, in fact, i was a bit at how much he seemed to struggle with some of the tests.

SALT is going to see him again in 2 months, and in the meantime, send some worksheets home for us to do, to help with his memory.

She feels it could be symptomatic of dyslexia, and there is certainly some learning issue there.

so will wait to see what happens.

[Lulumama]

DS has had both his appointments now

OT was as SEA said, som jumping, throwing, balancing, drawing , cutting, and looking at shapes to see what was the odd one out.

she was happy to discharge him there and then.. no perceptual issues, or dyspraxia. Also, he has some hypermobility, but does not seem to affect his fine motor skills. Interestingly, DD is very bendy, she can almost do the split, and she is 2 ! she can fold herself in half and wrap her legs round her ears !!! maybe their is a future for her as a yoga teacher

SALT - slightly more concerned, he seems to have some issues with short term memory and word recall, in fact, i was a bit at how much he seemed to struggle with some of the tests.

SALT is going to see him again in 2 months, and in the meantime, send some worksheets home for us to do, to help with his memory.

She feels it could be symptomatic of dyslexia, and there is certainly some learning issue there.

so will wait to see what happens.