Well, some of you may remember how ECI came out to work with River when he was about 6 months old. They worked with him and he progressed to the point where he no longer required services. He has been in a follow along program for about the past year and I fill out a questionnaire about his progress. There were some concerns from the last questionnaire and so this morning ECI came out to do an evaluation. River is delayed in his speech and will be re-enrolled in the regular program. This is pretty disappointing to me, but it is just the way things are and I've got to be accepting of it and do what I can to get him to where he should be. His main problem areas are: answering Who/Where/What questions and following 2-step directions.
Good news from the evaluation: River is in Shelly's words, "completely off the charts" as far as cognitive ability. She was amazed by all that he knows. He has great fine and gross motor skills. He is also normal socially.
So now ECI will travel out to visit him about twice a month to monitor his progress and give his school and me suggestions on ways to work with him. Then, when he turns 3 next August, they will help us make the transition to public school if necessary. Depending on his needs, that might be 3 hours a week of speech therapy or all day five days a week. He is in a critical time for development and we will have to watch him very closely for the next little while.
Dawson has had a really fun weekend starting with Thanksgiving. Rebecca came up to visit Aunt Betty and some other family members, she is spending the night at my house and Dawson couldn't be happier. It has been so much fun. I took Victoria to get manicures and pedicures with me and I brushed and styled her hair. At least I get to scrunch up River's hair, but it's not the same as doing a girl's hair. We tried to take some pictures of all of the cousins together but it is really hard and River was not cooperating.
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