For assessments, we have had the SBV and the WPPSI - the WPPSI showed a pretty big gap between Verbal IQ and Performance IQ (which the OT shared is a very big indicator of Dyspraxia but of course the nitwit psych that we paid a fortune to do the test, never pointed that out to us). On the SBV my munchkin scored very high in many subtests but then scored really low in two that involved fine motor skills so it knocked his score down (the psych who did that stated that many states/counties should be willing to take his high subtests as placement into the gifted program because it clearly indicates his gifted range)
- the OT did a Sensory Profile, The Berry-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration (VMI), The Preschool Developmental Profile, The Southern California Sensory Integration Test, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiencey, neuromotor development observations during the assessment and she looked at his medical history.
We were thrilled with the OT but are about stressed out concerning the cost of everything - she wants us to do at least 3 - 60 minute sessions each week for OT, still allow him his 2- 30 minute school/IEP OT sessions that he qualifies for, and she suggested hippotherapy 1-2 times a week which is not covered by insurance. So anyone that has the winning lottery numbers and feels very generous and wants to share them :-)
