Yesterday we met with the people from Babies Can't Wait. Since Ian was born with a cleft, he automatically qualifies for the services. It was determined that a speech therapist would come to our home twice a month, starting on June 30. How awesome is that? They, the therapist and case worker, reassured us that the pressure consonants we were told to work on(p,d,t,b) should not be mastered by now. Most children do not have them completely mastered until about two and half. [Sigh of relief.]
We set up goals we would like to accomplish in Ian's speech. After 6 months of therapy, we would like to see better production of the pressure consonants. After 12 months, we would like to see more understandable communication by Ian.
He has started using more words on a regular basis. For example:
cold
hot (pulls hand away quickly)
up
eye
nose
He has started signing:
juice
eat
We are excited to see what else he will be learning in the next months!
1 comment:
Adalynn also automatically qualified for services. After they came each month for a few months they decided to reduce it to once a quarter. CRAZY!! At her last visit she even suggested discontinuing services---but that made me too nervous. She is talking very well and has no delay, so the therapy is all precautionary. Hopefully Ian makes great gains and grows just a quick!
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