Verbal Dyspraxia

Spencer has been showing more signs of motor dyspraxia as well. Last year is when we really started to notice it. For example: he couldn’t tie his shoe laces tight enough to remain tied, he couldn’t button or snap his jeans, his handwriting was poor and he would complain of his hand hurting, etc. We had him in OT for about 3 months and all of these were fixed or had improved enough for our insurance company to say that his problems didn’t warrant any more therapy. He hasn’t had any OT since July and so far he’s doing fine. I haven’t seen any regression anyway.

We had him evaluated through the school system last year to see if he would qualify for any type of help from them and he didn’t. He definitely has problems staying focused and attending to his tasks, but he doesn’t have ADD or ADHD. His IQ is average to above average in most areas and even superior in a couple. His speech is intelligible enough so they won’t work with him on that and in order for a child to receive OT through the school they first have to have a primary problem (like speech) !!

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