Pediatric Occupational Therapists are basically &quot;professionally trained parents&quot;, people who spent a few years studying child develpoment. You can quibble with the price and the necessity, and in some regions the practitioners might not be qualified, but in general an hour or whatever per week with an Occupational Therapist is going to yield insights into a child&#x27;s development, and training for parents to be better in their roles.<p>Modern developed countries have a &quot;no child left behind&quot; attitude. 30 years ago, a kid who couldn&#x27;t keep up and fit in would be left to waste away in the corner (if they were nonviolent) or pent up in an asylum environment (if they acted out)