Thank you everyone! I think PT is worth evaluating to see if even needed; his OT is very talented and supportive. But I know we need to be mindful of how we proceed, because all that said, if he does need PT we need to be able to support it from a logistics perspective...and not burn us out.

(He has OT/ST cotreat in clinic, I wonder if they would add PT to the OT side of that session or if that’s too much.)

One step at a time.....

Motor planning helps with language! It helps the brain come together. Also, sometimes core strength can help with posture, which can help kids attend. This can sometimes be covered with an OT.

What we ended up doing is just sticking with ABA bc it touched base with things like pt,ot,sp and so on...also my son needs up to 40 hours of ABA so we ended up backing off the others for the time being so we could work through one at a time...his ABA therapists work with him on speech,cognitive movement and so on thats why i said we do pt..bc he does get help with it through aba and aba is more constant and consistent ...may be just back off a few of the other therapies and focus on the ones that help most😏

Maybe one of the other therapies can incorporate some gross motor skills into their goals as well of you feel like it is too much stress to add. My twins get PT at school as well as PT privately through the summer and school breaks. I think it does help them, they have gross motor issues and balance/cordination issues as well as leg/ankle issues. They fall a lot but they are sitting up much better and fall over less in chairs. I'm happy for that.

Hi Kaydee i know its very overwhelming but u need to take it easy..one at a time. In my humbke opinion, just do the PT eval then if he needs it then u will know how many times in a week he needs, then ask them if the therapist can do the services in your home and tell them that it would be great if they can find ways to do PT at home coz its more convenient for you guys and you can also observe how the therapist will do it and you can also learn from it and u can apply it in daily basis as much as possible.

If ever after they evaluate your son and he doesnt need it then thats okay. they just wanna make sure that everything he needs he will get.

My son was also evaluated and after the evaluation they said he doesnt need PT. Only ABA, SPeech, OT and counseling.

Hope and pray that everything will be okay. God bless