Learning to tie shoe laces
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Learning to tie shoe laces
| Sun, 10-02-2005 - 2:20pm |
Well, we're trying this AGAIN!!! Didn't go so well yesterday, but we're going to "practice" again today. I was wondering though....when did all of your kids learn this task? Or are any of you still working on it?? We tried learning this in kindy....got the first part down. But then he had that bad accident with his hand and the treadmill. So, we had to stop. Then we put our house up for sale, the move, school starting....and now, I think it's time to start again.
Nathan hates to learn new things. He's always tired. Avoids anything that might take up too much energy. Tyler is going to "laser tag" with his cousin this afternoon, so I'm hoping that things might go better if it's just the two of us.
Michelle

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This is a good topic.. I was just wondering about this the other day. Ryan is 6.5, and is still a long way from being able to tie his shoes. He does have fine motor problems, but was not eligible for OT once he went to Kindy. I think my county in PA must be like CA, once you get to Kindy, you will only qualify for OT for school related issues, like pencil grasp, writing, opening your backpack, etc. Shoe tying? no way. It's the same with PT.
His OT in preschool was working with him on writing issues and shoe tying, but kind of ran out of time on tying. What she did do was rig up a kind of practice board for us, with 2 different color laces, so it was easier to see what you are doing. Ryan's a righty, so am I, but dh is lefty. I think dh would be more patient with him on this..but the righty/lefty thing is too hard... so I guess it's up to me. Zipper sneaks for now.
Nathan doesn't qualify for OT either. You have to REALLY need OT to qualify here in our state! It's not school related.....so it's up to mom!!! He seems to do ok with other fine motor, like writing, etc. He just doesn't like doing things that make him tired!!! LOL
Michelle
I've been over at the IEP board a lot lately. Steph said to someone else that the IDEA 2004 says you can have an IEP for accademics or function. All of you who are saying your kids don't qualify for OT might want to check that out.
Samantha
Hmmmm. Ineresting...
But is it "function: or "classroom function"
I know the latter was/is true, but I am wondering if they changed it for the former?
I'm going to check it out. (and if true, HAMMER the SD for clinical sensory OT for both kids!)
Thanks Samantha!
-Paula
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Our OT in Wisconsin put it to the teacher this way.... he can have OT for sensory diet and issues relating to self care or you can deal w/ it in the classroom. Weston lagging behind everyone for gym because they had to change into TIE tennis shoes for gym (yes, they specifically said they must tie) cut into her free planning time. Weston still sitting on the floor waiting for someone anyone to help him take off his tie shoes and put on his other shoes cut into her teaching time. The team decided he needed OT for tieing shoes and other self care issues and also for sensory issues.
Here in SC they were given the choice OT for sensory diet for him to stay on task or he'll need a shadow-- he's getting OT as needed and also 1 hour a month consultation time.
Both SDs seemed to take the less expensive option. We still didn't learn to tie shoes, but we're still working on it.
Betsy
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