Evaluation

I took Mattie for her evaluation on Thursday. She had a blast! Who wouldn't love a room filled with books, toys, stairs, paper, crayons, markers, a slide with a ball pit, and so much more! Mattie especially loved the stairs and slide. The OT was very impressed with how well Mattie did with her motor skills. As far as speech went, she didn't really use a lot of words or signs. She tends to use more words and signs at home with us then with other people. That being said, she still has a long ways to go. She is starting to imitate more and more single words but not really stringing two word phrases together. I'm not too great at keeping up with signs for everything she is trying to say either. I find her pointing at things and babbling a whole strand of sounds. Then I try and figure out what in the world she is trying to say. We've gotten down our basic needs and wants but need to work on expanding our vocabulary.

Now we just have to wait 2 weeks for the results and see what her placement will be. That is the part that makes me the most nervous. Just not knowing where she will be. I guess I need to clarify from my last post too. Mattie won't be 40 minutes from our house for school. I will be 40 minutes away from her. I teach in another county and my commute is 40 minutes. Right now, Mattie travels with me to the daycare we have set up at my school. Once she is placed in the county we live in, then she will be much farther away from me. My husband will be near by so really it is me just being selfish and knowing I will miss having her with me. What is most important to me is that she gets placed in a class that will have the services and resources to help her grow and learn.