The Results Are In

We had a meeting with the special ed. teacher and speech therapist today to go over Cole's recent assessment. Guess what? He qualifies. He was delayed in 3 areas, language comprehension, social skills, no surprises there, and gross motor. Now I know parents tend to make excuses for their kids, but come on, this kid has short legs. He runs, jumps, climbs, does everything he should, except walk down stairs one step at a time. If you've seen his legs, and our stairs, you wouldn't be surprised. So no one is terribly worried about his gross motor skills. He came out surprisingly average in his speech assessment which was a relief.

So our plan of attack is to have the special ed teacher come out once a week to basically play with him. Then this summer we will probably send him to school one day a week. We are hoping that he will get comfortable enough with the teacher that it won't be as big of a deal to leave him alone. This will give him an opportunity to work on his social skills and hopefully he will be more comfortable and confident around kids his own age. They are currently running the class he will join. It's a special ed class for kids ages 2 1/2 to 3. Not severe special ed, just delays like Cole's. The nice part about it is since he qualifies for special ed, this class, and next year's preschool will be free!

I have already seen his language improve since he was tested. He seems to get stuck in a rut, and then all of a sudden pulls out of it and surprises me with new things. For instance, he has started singing his ABCs, and I got it on video. Enjoy!