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DD had her early intervention eval today.
They sent a physical therapist and speech therapist since our main concern was not crawling, pulling up, and changing positions as well as no consonant sounds. Well she qualified in both areas but barely in speech. The speech therapist said she had great intent to commicate and was engaged with us and them but not making consonant sounds does qualify her at this point (however, she'll probably only get speech once per month). The PT thought she had some really great control and had the ability to change positions and do various things, but she's just grown comfortable with not doing them or us doing them for her.
They both gave us great suggestions (especially the PT) on what to do until our meeting to set up services on June 5th.
They also thought she was right on track with her cognitive skills which made me very happy.
All in all, I'm glad and hope that between this and the medical testing we just got done, we'll have some good answers as well as steps to get to a final goal of DD being more mobile.
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Re: DD had her early intervention eval today.
Aww, thank you so much. At this point, I'm hoping for some answer on the medical end, maybe it will fix some of our other issues. Hoping to hear from the pedi next week, and praying I never have to do a urine collection again....
Great news! I'm convinced our lo is going through the same thing as far as "being comfortable" with not moving certain ways. Our guy army crawls and rolls but non pulling himself up yet. What did the pt suggest trying at home to help her? Our pedi said to just wait until a year so he can do a full eval but now I'm kinda annoyed with myself for not pushing harder for a eval before then. But his appointment is the 23rd so I suppose thats not far off.
I have also been thinking about you - I have had some of the same concerns with my LO. She doesn't roll (though she has), crawl, and hates tummy time and still freaks out about it. I have been blaming it on the fact that her sister gets everything for her and that she was in the 98th percentile up until now - perhaps just too heavy to do anything. Anyway, so glad to hear that all seems okay with your LO. Hope the bill of health is good too.
That's great news, especially about the cognitive skills! So, are you to do the suggestions they offered until June 5th? Is that when you'll know whether she'll get services 2xweek, etc?
The PT suggested that we encourage her to sit in different positions (she sits with her legs wide apart making it difficult to change positions). She also recommended we put her down on her belly instead of into a sitting position. We can help her roll over if she's fussing and help her get into the position she wants to be in but show her that it's ok to be in different positions. She also told us not to let her stand holding our hands or walking around. DD likes to be in straight positions, standing or during tummy time her arms are straight and legs are straight, allowing her to stand all the time doesn't help her ability to bend. She also said she can stand (preferably holding onto our couch), and we can put her there but that's it. No holding her or helping her. If she falls she falls, or if she wants to cruise that's great. Also when we hold her she said to bend one leg up or both if we're holding her in front to get her used to that position.
Also, they both noticed right away that she has us trained, lol. We help her move around because she throws a fit instead, of letter her do it herself.
I'm so glad we did it now and hope she starts to make progress soon.
Yes, on the 5th we'll have her IFSP meeting and they will recommend the amount of services they feel are appropriate. I should get a copy of the evaluation report next week so I'll have an idea of what they are thinking.
Thanks!
That's great news! We had the EI evaluation last week and DD also qualified for her gross motor delays. I have the family information meeting this week to meet with her service coordinator & discuss the next steps and financials...and then the IFSP the following week.
I'm really looking forward to starting with a PT and hopefully get her moving soon!
Keep us posted on how things progress.
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Good luck! I'm glad someone else is also going through this. Keep us posted!
Well that sounds like positive news! I'm glad you're getting some help and some answers to your questions.
Wishing DD more progress soon!
They took a history over the phone prior to the evaluation. Then when they got here they had us take off her clothes so the PT could check her muscles and joints and make sure there was nothing physically stopping her. Then they basically played with her. They gave her blocks and wanted her to transfer between hands, throw them, tap them together and place them in a cup. They also showed her a ball then covered it with a blanket to see if she would uncover it. They gave her a very simple shape puzzle (large square and large circle) and they just wanted her to take the shapes out and try and put them back. The PT watched her roll, stand, play on the floor on her back and belly and asked us a lot of questions. The speech therapist listened to her and asked us a lot of questions and looked for DD to try and interact and gain attention (which she does). Then they had to input everything into the computer and fill out some paperwork.
Sounds like a great visit! I'm glad you guys have a good plan.
ElatedMom- I also have a giant baby (99th percentile- off the chart at every visit) who barely rolls and hates tummy time. She would get on hands and knees but not go anywhere until about 2 weeks ago. Now she's crawling pretty good distances. She's not all over the place, but she'll crawl across the room, when motivated. She's also taking assisted steps. My pedi said to expect gross motor delays with her size, since when our LOs hit those milestones is when their muscles are strong enough to move their own weight. Our girls just have more to move!
I don't mean at all to discourage you from speaking to a pedi or being evaluated for EI, if that's your intention, but I wanted to commiserate
Gotta love our big babies!
Popping in from July 11.
Just wanted to share that we just had my son accepted into EI for the exact reasons. He's not crawling,scooting (which they don't want anyway), rolling, pulling up, or babbling with consonants. They told us that speech is actually connected with crawling, something to do with strengthening the core muscles.
It looks like our LO's a month apart too
There's a connection between late walkers/crawlers and late talkers. My oldest son is in EI for speech, he was also a late walker and never crawled. I can't say enough good things about the services received from EI. They are phenomenal. Ask if they have a pool group or a Gymboree program. Both my boys are in the pool group and it's fantastic!
We start PT with Nick this week.
i didn't read all the responses but did they give you some ideas/tips to start working with LO before June?
If you have any questions feel free to contact me!
Thanks!
Yes the speech therapist did mention that when there's a motor delay speech is often delayed (which I knew, I'm a spec. ed teacher). So I'm not too concerned.
The PT made a bunch of recommendation which are above if your interested in them!