Hip Hip Hooray for Rhys!

Rhys received his annual evaluation for developmental services this week and did wonderfully.  He not only made a years growth in his cognitive ability but has also closed any gaps.  That is very good news indeed!  All that "play" really paid off.  He also has receptive language skills on the lower end of the average range.  His social/emotional scores were above average for his age level by quite a bit. 

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) has undergone some changes due to, we have no doubt, funding.  A child can no longer qualify for services with just an articulation delay (how they pronounce their sounds when speaking).  So we were quite pleased that he barely qualified under expressive language delay by 1%!  Now he can still receive services until his birthday and we can focus on expressive language (2 word utterances and basic concepts) with his developmental specialist, and articulation (his phonological processes--for my SLP friends that are in the know) through his speech-language pathologist.

We are so pleased that he has really increased his understanding, overall communication, and maturity over the past year.  He has developed a wonderful personality!  Now we can focus more fully on expressive communication, pronouncing sounds, and toilet training.  We are currently making plans for preschool which should start in August if he is fully potty trained.  We have 8 months so we are assured he can do it.

We are so proud of our son!