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| Fri, 10-14-2005 - 12:49pm |
HI everyone,
So, my DD has 2.5 less hours of sleep last night and for the first time EVER would not eat breakfast - so I was a wreck. I think she was feeling my stress.
SO, the eval went well - she was not at her best, but definetly not at her worst either. I really liked the Dr - and she is the one who wrote all the guidelines for our state's Birth to Three program, so we had lots to talk about.
She said that she was 100% sure that our DD was NOT on the spectrum in any way shape or form, she spent 1.5 hours with her, interacting, playing, watching and asking questions. She said within the first 10 minutes that she thought we would have something to celebrate tonight (I was crying from the moment I entered the door - I could not hold back the emotions) . She said that if she had ANY doubt, she would say so and would refer us to a neuro for further testing. She also said that she could not 100% rule out ADHD - but she didn't think that was the case - but would/could not say for certain. I also know ( from the extensive research I've done) that this Dr. is suppose to be one of the best in the state, so I feel very confident.
She does feel that she has a fairly significant language delay, that might take a few years to catch up. Now my DD has been eval'd by 4 people, including 2 psy's who say she is not PDD even mildly, so I amgoing to try to let it go and focus on her language delay and trying to help her.
Thanks so much to all of you for letting me be a part of this board and discussions.

Oohhh....good news!! I'm happy the eval went well. I'm sure this puts your mind a bit more at ease. Speech therapy can work wonders...I'm sure she'll catch up in no time!!
Michelle
Hmmmm. Didn't we tell you something similar awhile ago? ;)
Of course, I know an evaluation by a professional is the only way to be sure.
I am happy at this outcome for you both. Even if it does take a long time to rectify a language delay; once fixed, it is *fixed*. My DS had a SEVERE delay -didn't develop functional language until almost 4.5, and now, although not 100% caught up yet, he is using words and sentence structures that I would never have thought possible 3 years ago.
Keep working with her at home. Keep concepts simple until she has fully grasped them: i.e. she doesn't have boots, sandals, shoes, sneakers. They are ALL "shoes". Once she *really* understands "shoes" then start to build up the repitoire: "running shoes", "black shoes" etc. Then later, you can break it down into new names; sandals, etc. (one label at a time).
Good luck.
-Paula
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