- Pregnancy
- Baby & Toddler
- Parents
- Getting Pregnant
- Baby Names
- Product Reviews
-
Registry
- Community
-
More
Want a personalized experience?
Download the free app
Special Needs
star1123
member
concern about evaluation
star1123
member
We just had our initial meeting with the coordinator today from EI, and will be setting up the evaluation this week. I was hoping that we would have the option of going to a place of some sort for the evaluation, but were told that who they want to do the evaluation doesn't do that. Ugh. I am just nervous that my son won't participate as well at home as opposed to a new environment. Now that it is nice outside, all my son wants to do is go outside and play, and constantly brings us his shoes and our shoes! I just want this evaluation to be as accurate as possible, and I am really worried my son won't cooperate and truly show his knowledge/skills. It just seems like he never does things when I want him to, so I just have a bad feeling. Last week when we were at a family picnic, I was trying to see if he would show my aunt where his nose, head, belly, etc. were and he just either ignored me or gave me a smirk.
Does anyone have any advice or words of encouragement? Are they going to care at all what I tell them he can do even if they don't actually see it? I guess I'm trying to remember that even if he fails this miserable, over time a therapist would see what he truly knows?
Warning
No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
This discussion has been closed.
Re: concern about evaluation
They are going to go a lot on what you say.
DD had her evaluation last week and I was worried too. But she did fine and they only did a couple of things with her. Then we talked and I could tell they were watching her and listening to what I said.
When I got the report back, most of it was based on what I said.
Hope that helps.
It will be fine. They are professionals and know what to expect.
They are looking for a speech delay. He's 19 months, and doesn't have a whole lot of words. Although since calling EI, he started saying more, which is of course ironic.
And he isn't normally an uncooperative or distracted child. He just went through a stranger danger period, and is still slightly hesitant of people he doesn't know that I'm not sure he will "perform" for two strangers.
My son got evaluated at about the same age, for the same reason. Auntie is right - you don't want him at his best. You want him at his normal, whatever that might be.
DS completely shut the evaluators out; wanted absolutely nothing to do with them. They do have to base a lot of their report on what you say, as long as it doesn't sound like you're trying to talk him "up".
Let him be himself and be ok with that. It's the only way the evaluators will be able to get a good read on him.