{"h1":"How your child's therapy plan is decided","faq":[{"a":"A qualified Pinnacle clinical team decides the plan together with you. They use a structured assessment to understand your child, then agree goals and the right therapies with you as an active partner.","q":"Who decides my child's therapy plan?"},{"a":"Yes. The plan is reviewed regularly and adjusted as your child grows and progresses. It is designed to be responsive, never fixed.","q":"Can the plan change later?"},{"a":"No. Bring your child exactly as they are on the day. The assessment is designed to meet your child where they are, with no rehearsal needed.","q":"Do I need to prepare my child for the assessment?"},{"a":"No. The AbilityScore is a measure of where your child's development stands today. Developmental measurement supports care planning; diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional., under qualified clinician care.","q":"Is the AbilityScore a diagnosis?"}],"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-my-child-s-therapy-plan-decided","title":"How is my child's therapy plan decided?","entity":{"key":"how-plan-is-made","kind":"care_navigation","name":"how the therapy plan is made","slug":"how-plan-is-made"},"lenses":[{"kind":"stakeholder","label":"Parent","value":"parent"},{"kind":"domain","label":"Context","value":"context"},{"kind":"intent","label":"Care Process","value":"care_process"},{"kind":"empowerment","label":"Family Empowerment","value":"family_empowerment"}],"parent":null,"related":[{"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-my-child-s-therapy-plan-made","title":"How Is My Child's Therapy Plan Made?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-a-personalised-therapy-plan-created-for-my-child","title":"How is a personalised therapy plan created for my child?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-happens-after-my-child-s-developmental-assessment","title":"What Happens After My Child's Developmental Assessment?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"how-long-does-a-typical-therapy-plan-run-before-it-is-reviewed","title":"How long does a typical therapy plan run before it is reviewed?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-happens-after-my-child-s-developmental-assessment-is-complete","title":"What happens after my child's developmental assessment is complete?"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-is-an-individualised-therapy-plan-for-my-child","title":"What is an individualised therapy plan for my child?"}],"summary":"A therapy plan is built from a clinician-led structured assessment that maps where your child stands today, then turns that into a small set of meaningful goals agreed with you, the right mix and intensity of therapies, and a plan you can use at home. It is reviewed and adjusted as your child grows. Developmental measurement supports care planning; diagnosis requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","answer_md":"*Behind every therapy plan is one simple promise: it is built for your child, not for a category.*\n\n## In short\nYour child's therapy plan starts with a careful, clinician-led assessment that produces a clear picture of where your child stands today across communication, thinking, movement, social connection, emotions, sensory needs and daily living. From that picture, your Pinnacle clinical team sets practical goals with you, chooses the right therapies and intensity, and writes a plan you can actually follow at home and at the centre. It is reviewed and adjusted as your child grows — never fixed, always responsive.\n\n## How the plan is built, step by step\n1. **We listen first.** You share your concerns, your child's history, and what daily life looks like. Your observations are part of the evidence.\n2. **A structured assessment.** A qualified clinician administers a structured developmental assessment — this gives a baseline AbilityScore® and shows where support will help most.\n3. **Goals set together.** We turn that profile into a small number of meaningful, age-appropriate goals — for example, first words, sitting independently, or coping with transitions — agreed with you.\n4. **The right therapies, the right dose.** Based on the goals, the team decides which therapies (such as speech, occupational or behaviour support), how often, and in what blend.\n5. **A plan you can use.** You leave with clear goals, simple home strategies, and a way to see progress.\n6. **Regular review.** As your child changes, the plan changes. We re-measure and adjust so the plan always fits the child in front of us.\n\n## The Pinnacle way\nAbilityScore® is part of Pinnacle’s developmental assessment. Diagnosis, where needed, requires an appropriately qualified healthcare professional — never from an app or a form at home. Across 70+ centres, 700+ therapists and 4.95 lakh+ families served, every plan follows the same trustworthy process. See [how the plan is made](/how-plan-is-made), explore [speech therapy](https://www.pinnacleblooms.org/top-speech-therapy-center-india-proven-improvement-rate), and understand [what the AbilityScore is and how it is calculated](/ask/what-is-the-abilityscore-and-how-is-it-calculated).\n\n## Trusted sources\nWHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) for goal-setting around function; American Academy of Pediatrics guidance on individualised developmental care; Pinnacle Blooms Network clinical validation studies.\n\n**Next step —** Ready to begin with a clear baseline and a plan? [Book an assessment with a Pinnacle clinician](/how-plan-is-made).\n\nThis is general information, not a diagnosis — individual assessment and diagnosis require an appropriately qualified healthcare professional.","canonical":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-is-my-child-s-therapy-plan-decided","editorial":{"reviewed_at":"2026-06-11T20:12:18.613642+00:00","reviewed_by":null,"developed_by":"SETU Consortium · Pinnacle Blooms Network"},"alternates":[{"href":"https://pinnacleblooms.org/ask/how-is-my-child-s-therapy-plan-decided","lang":"en","indexable":true}],"dimensions":[],"meta_title":"How Your Child's Therapy Plan Is Decided","meta_robots":"index, follow, max-image-preview:large","everyday_tip":"Keep a simple note on your phone of moments that surprise you — a new sound, a longer focus, a calmer transition. These everyday observations help your clinician adjust the plan to the real child at home.","published_at":"2026-06-11T06:30:00.167813+00:00","reading_paths":[{"key":"therapy","items":[{"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-my-child-s-therapy-plan-made","title":"How Is My Child's Therapy Plan Made?","reason":"Linked from this answer"},{"lang":"en","slug":"how-is-a-personalised-therapy-plan-created-for-my-child","title":"How is a personalised therapy plan created for my child?","reason":"Linked from this answer"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-is-an-individualised-therapy-plan-for-my-child","title":"What is an individualised therapy plan for my child?","reason":"Linked from this answer"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-happens-after-my-child-s-developmental-assessment-is-complete","title":"What happens after my child's developmental assessment is complete?","reason":"Linked from this answer"},{"lang":"en","slug":"what-happens-after-my-child-s-developmental-assessment","title":"What Happens After My Child's Developmental Assessment?","reason":"Linked from this answer"},{"lang":"en","slug":"how-long-does-a-typical-therapy-plan-run-before-it-is-reviewed","title":"How long does a typical therapy plan run before it is reviewed?","reason":"Linked from this answer"}],"label":"Explore therapy & support","total":6}],"what_to_watch":"Watch how your child responds to the home strategies between sessions — small wins, frustrations, or things that suddenly become easier are all useful for your clinician to fine-tune the plan.","authority_links":[{"url":"https://www.who.int/standards/classifications/international-classification-of-functioning-disability-and-health","label":"WHO ICF — functioning and goal-setting framework"},{"url":"https://www.healthychildren.org","label":"AAP HealthyChildren — individualised developmental care"}],"last_reviewed_at":"2026-06-11T06:30:00.167813+00:00","meta_description":"Your child's therapy plan is built from a clinician-led assessment, goals agreed with you, the right therapies, and regular review as your child grows.","related_materials":[],"related_techniques":[]}