SonnyShear is wondering if Anna Grace needs to start OT again

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  October 08, 2008 at 21:43 knitguy says hmm...
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  October 08, 2008 at 22:10 Bubblesknits says (hugs) We're going through OT with our son for Asperger's.
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  October 08, 2008 at 22:19 SonnyShear says Anna Grace has apraxia. She was recently discharged from speech but we haven't done OT in over a year. It shows.
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  October 08, 2008 at 22:19 SonnyShear says I'm trying to work with her myself but I think she may be beyond my skill level. We'll see how she does.
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  October 08, 2008 at 22:31 evilcostumelady asks whether the non-speech aspect of apraxia is a kind of lack of "muscle memory" (quick google results are too general to be useful)
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  October 08, 2008 at 23:58 SonnyShear says yep.... "motor planning" is a big issue with apraxia so we do drills of skills, running obstacle courses etc to build "memory" in the form
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  October 08, 2008 at 23:58 SonnyShear says of motor planning
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  October 08, 2008 at 23:58 SonnyShear says after working with her today with scissors she was doing really poorly but after a few times doing the same thing over and over she started
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  October 08, 2008 at 23:59 SonnyShear says to improve. We just need to make this a daily task and see if she improves and if not, start OT back up.
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  October 09, 2008 at 00:57 evilcostumelady wonders if AG is old enough to learn to knit yet... makes good fine motor skills
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  October 10, 2008 at 17:05 midgeling says I understand. My son was in OT for 1.5 years for Aspergers. There was just some stuff he couldn't learn from me. He needed an outside
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  October 10, 2008 at 17:05 midgeling says teacher. They say that sometimes as kids develop and grow up, they may need to go back to OT to help with the things that they are growing
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  October 10, 2008 at 17:06 midgeling says into.