Since Blake was almost 2 I've told my pediatrician he will need speech. They proceeded to tell me a lot of kids don't talk well until 3 and to wait until then. Well I still went for a hearing test at that time, just in case, and it came back good! Now that we are close to 3 I went back to the DR for a follow up. Blake has more words now, but not a lot that other people can understand.
We are trying to figure out what steps we will need to take for Mr. Blake. We had a woman come out to the house from early intervention to see if Blake qualifies through the state for speech therapy. I had to answer tons of yes or no questions and depending on his percentage he scores he may or may not qualify. This test is so hard I think for moms to answer the questions because above everyone I know what Blake is saying and what he really does know...
For example there was a question if he can point out objects in a picture book...well yes he can. Later down the line I told her he won't sit still to listen to a book with me. She said well you said he can point to objects in a book..I said yes he can but he is not sitting there, he is running around answering 1 or 2 at a time. So in the beginning Blake did not score low enough to qualify until she thought it would be best to change the answer to that question to answer more questions....then he did score right at 50% which is what he needs to qualify.
The two women who came out to review Blake will now make a action plan for him. Since Blake is so close to his 3rd birthday he most likely won't be getting any help with early intervention, but they will give his action plan to the public schools so hopefully he can qualify to get speech with the public schools.
Good thing he is so dang cute...his looks may just have to get him through life! :)
