OT Evaluation

So today was Landen's occupational therapy evaluation. Next time I won't schedule it for so early in the morning! It was at 8:30 but I had to run Brayden to my mother-in-laws and drive to Kingman which meant getting up at 6:30AM!!! Since I get up at 7 usually you'd think 6:30 wouldn't be to bad but for some reason IT WAS!!! Maybe it was just a bad night's sleep? Anyway first thing I LOVED THE OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST!!! She was so good with Landen he didn't even have to warm up to her he just loved her right away. I take Landen to a lot of doctors and specialists and for the most part they have been wonderful but there is a few that have been EXCEPTIONAL and this lady is one of them! For those of you who don't know what occupational therapy is let me explain... I had some one ask me why Landen needed OT if he doesn't have a job. He does his job is to play, learn and grow. For him OT will deal with some of the more fine motor skills, skills that are needed every day in life. For a kid like Landen that is things like feeding, playing, dressing and other self help skills. Anyway as I said Landen loved her and had so much fun playing with her... that's usually how and evaluation goes they play with them and watch for skills or areas of concern.... she was very well informed and helpful. Her and Landen will be working on fine motor skills focusing on building strength and play skills (the best kind of skills to have :D ) Later we will tackle some of the harder fine motor skills like using a spoon.