my son had a speech delay we were sent to ent that said he had fluid in there, he got tubes in 2 weeks ago amazing difference. my baby could hear! for the first time and i made sure the first thing he heard was javi mommy n daddy love you. he has been evaluated by a behavioral and speech therapist which would also like him to be evaluated by an ot because he shows signs of spd. and has low cognitive skills.. he is going to start behavioral therapy on monday speech therapy in 2 weeks and with in a month be evaluated by an ot to determine if he needs more help than i can support. i am waiting to see a developmental pediatrician to see if there is something else to diagnois like autism or autism spectrum.. i feel a bit hopeless.. just would be nice to hear how else i can help him to feel like i am not alone. when i see him i see a happy little boy. this all just so new..

It sounds like you have great resources lined up. Take a deep breath and just enjoy him while waiting for the results of the evals come back. If the OT diagnoses SPD, they will recommend a sensory diet--simple exercises or practices to do at home, and they may recommend you see the OT as well. How often depends on the diagnosis. I know some who see their OT twice a week, some once a week, some twice a month. The great thing is that they are evaluating him early. If he does have SPD, that increases his chances dramatically of functioning in the normal range in the future (see The Out of Sync Child by Kranowitz). It is normal for the doctor to recommend an evaluation by a developmental pediatrician, and that doesn't mean he has autism necessarily. I'm glad to hear you see a happy little boy. That is a blessing in itself!

thank you for that just this is all so new to me i never heard of some these things and its a bit scary i catch myself blaming myself like if there is something i couldve done differently. i am a young mother, mind you i am fighting the good fight my boys never see me this way but at tthe end of the day when i get to catch a breath its hard..