Friday, January 23, 2009
January Update!!
Ok, so it has been a LONG time since I have updated this site. We have had some great progress with Preston over the last several months. He is mimicking really well. Angie, our ECSE was able to get a weighted vest for him and it’s really doing the job. He wears it for 20 minute increments and when we need for him to sit still for an activity or therapy session. There is supposed to be a lasting effect of about 2 hours but I haven’t seen that as much as just during the time he is wearing the vest (once the tantrum has ended-lol).
We have met with the ECSE from DeSoto school district and she has given us paperwork to fill out and permission slips to be signed. Everything is turned in and now they will start to observe Preston in his Daycare setting, at home and during therapy sessions. This is all for them to see if he qualifies for the preschool that the school district offers to kids who have some special needs. It has an excellent reputation. Jaunita is very nice and thorough and Preston liked her, too. She teaches in the mornings and then does the observations in the afternoons. If Preston qualifies, they will then help us write an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) so that we can be sure all areas of need are addressed.
Preston’s oral sensory problems seem to have gotten worse lately. He is drooling a lot and is fixated on having something in his mouth a lot of the time. We have special chew toys that we got from the OT and those seem to help but we have a lock on the pantry and on the refrigerator because he always seems to want something in his mouth-his hand, an apple, a toy car, etc. redirect, redirect, redirect!!!
He is saying a lot of words now. He even has a few select small sentences “Aye daddy?” (Where’s Daddy?) “EEEE Up, EEEE Up”---(Get up, Get up). So it’s definitely fun to see that progress and know he CAN say some things.
He is still a mystery to Infants and Toddlers Services. They have a new Child Psychologist on staff who is going to see Preston and once and for all rule out Autism. Yes, we all realize as social as he is that it sounds insane to even be considering that as a diagnosis-but there are certain places on “the spectrum” that even a social little bugger like ours could fall. We don’t care one way or another WHAT he has or doesn’t have. Our biggest concern is just making sure he gets every bit of help he can get and by kindergarten is mainstreamed. If that means an assessment with another Child Psychologist than we are cool with that. Our Speech Patholoigist is nearly sure he has a verbal Apraxia of some sort and/or an auditory processing disorder. So, in order to get a few inches further before we transition out of Infants and Toddlers Services we’re taking this next step. I’ll continue to post updates as we go through these next few months of discovery both with the Child Psychologist as well as with the school district.
We have met with the ECSE from DeSoto school district and she has given us paperwork to fill out and permission slips to be signed. Everything is turned in and now they will start to observe Preston in his Daycare setting, at home and during therapy sessions. This is all for them to see if he qualifies for the preschool that the school district offers to kids who have some special needs. It has an excellent reputation. Jaunita is very nice and thorough and Preston liked her, too. She teaches in the mornings and then does the observations in the afternoons. If Preston qualifies, they will then help us write an IEP (Individualized Education Plan) so that we can be sure all areas of need are addressed.
Preston’s oral sensory problems seem to have gotten worse lately. He is drooling a lot and is fixated on having something in his mouth a lot of the time. We have special chew toys that we got from the OT and those seem to help but we have a lock on the pantry and on the refrigerator because he always seems to want something in his mouth-his hand, an apple, a toy car, etc. redirect, redirect, redirect!!!
He is saying a lot of words now. He even has a few select small sentences “Aye daddy?” (Where’s Daddy?) “EEEE Up, EEEE Up”---(Get up, Get up). So it’s definitely fun to see that progress and know he CAN say some things.
He is still a mystery to Infants and Toddlers Services. They have a new Child Psychologist on staff who is going to see Preston and once and for all rule out Autism. Yes, we all realize as social as he is that it sounds insane to even be considering that as a diagnosis-but there are certain places on “the spectrum” that even a social little bugger like ours could fall. We don’t care one way or another WHAT he has or doesn’t have. Our biggest concern is just making sure he gets every bit of help he can get and by kindergarten is mainstreamed. If that means an assessment with another Child Psychologist than we are cool with that. Our Speech Patholoigist is nearly sure he has a verbal Apraxia of some sort and/or an auditory processing disorder. So, in order to get a few inches further before we transition out of Infants and Toddlers Services we’re taking this next step. I’ll continue to post updates as we go through these next few months of discovery both with the Child Psychologist as well as with the school district.
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