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Just as evaluations and therapy sessions
can look different from child to child, there
is no standard length of time for a kid to
be in OT. A child with an orthopedic injury
might require a shorter plan of care than
someone with a neurological injury. And a
child with a developmental delay may need
ongoing therapy in spurts or a long course
of therapy at different times during their
development. “Someone with Down syndrome might
need several years of support as they’re
developing because we want to make sure to
support their physical and cognitive develop-
ment as the bar raises. So every year, the bar
for them raises up a little bit, and we want to
be there to support them in reaching that next
goal,” Rosner says.

While there’s no minimum—or maxi-
mum—age requirement for occupational
therapy, Rosner believes kids are starting
younger and coming more frequently than
ever before. “There’s definitely been a huge
increase in education about early and consis-
tent intervention for delays,” she says. ■
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