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DD (3yr) getting Evaluated tomorrow. I have a question.
So this will be a second eval for DD. The first was just a quick 20 min screening and this one is for an hour or so.
It is an eval with play? I am just wondering:
Am I in the room with her?
Is she in there by herself or with the therapists?
Are all the therapists in there with her at the same time?
Ugh, I am so nervous.
Backround: she was fine in the quick eval but they said she just barely hit the numbers for some stuff. The speech said her words were clear and great but quality of conversation was of concern.
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Re: DD (3yr) getting Evaluated tomorrow. I have a question.
@threelittlewheels The amount of forms and questions I had to answer was ridiculous. I felt like they just kept repeating over and over again.
What to you mean fail? Like they will be looking for her to fail at something?
She is getting evaluted through the school district. She was in EI for a year for speech and some SPD.
She left EI on amazing terms. They thought she was perfect for her age level. Pedi then became concerned with her crossing midline at her three year check up.
I have some concern with conversation skills. Like, it is hard for her to use the right word sometimes. She sometimes uses jargon to keep her place in her mind. She love her friends and preschool and we have never had any concerns at perschool.
I just went to make sure she was still on track for her age.
It will all look like play to your little one. Try not to be nervous, and ask as many questions as you want to. The therapists should meet with you before and after the evaluation. Every parent who comes in is a nervous wreck, trust. The therapists are used to a million questions, so don't worry about asking too many.
Good luck!
@auntie
It went well. She played and they watched her. The school psycologist played with her while, OT, ST, and DT took notes.
The school nurse asked us more questions based on our answers to the millions forms we filled out. They took her in to play with other kids for about 15 min.
They all talked to us a little bit at the end. No real answers yet. We have to wait until October 8th for the full report.
They did mention her use of language. As we were walking out the school psycologist told us that they are in agreement that they do not think it is autism.
I am trying not to read to much into anything because we don't get any answers for a while. It is hard not to know.
@auntie
It was hard to explain my concern. It is like, she has all these words that she can say clearly and in the right context but no real language of her own.
Does that make sense? It is like a bunch of scripted speech that she uses in the right way.
@-auntie- what is ADOS? They told me they cannot diagnois autism. They just didn't believe that is what it was.
She can answer any questions about what she is doing or had done that day. But if you ask her about, say, the zoo in general she cannot answer those questions.
She has trouble if it is not about her immediate surroundings or what she is doing at the moment or what she had just done.
She is getting much better with telling me about her day.
She still has trouble with, today, tomorrow and yesterday. Also with in front, behind, etc.
I just feel bad because she wants to play with kids and tries but has a hard time having a full conversation with them. She is very good at phsyical play and wants to participate in imaginative play. But when the girls down the street make up a game, she plays, but talks much less.
@auntie I just don't know. Sometimes I see it and sometimes I don't....A red flag goes up and then it corrects itself. Then another and that corrects itself....I just want an answer so we can start moving forward.