My older son (10 yrs) wasn't diagnosed until he was 6 1/2 and we did evaluation and OT out of pocket (with medical flex spending as a reimbursement). But we were lucky that he got OT services in school so it wasn't a big deal that we stopped the OT center after a few months. He received services through his PPT/IEP and that was enough to help him. Plus as my son got older he has been able to handle more sensory things. He learned coping skills or his neurological connections improved or he matured--whatever it was, it was enough that he doesn't need help in that area as much now. Mostly working on his anxiety and social skills now.

Now I've been dealing with my younger son who will be 7 in September. I have an appointment for him to be evaluated on the 8th. He's not severe enough that it interferes with school (at least not yet) but it would be good to know what we can do at home for him and also to help him with his oral defensiveness. We'll see what the OT has to say.

Good luck with your insurance issues! Ugh! In the meantime, it might be worthwhile to see about creative coding to help with coverage! I know that our Ped has done this to get extra appointments to be covered by the insurance for us. And my son's psychologist said that we had reached the max number of appointments, but they convinced the insurance company to increase the number of appointments because my son goes to a weekly social skills group and insurance was going to allow only 20 visits in a year.

Glad you found us!