Justin had his final IEP meeting with his caseworker (Sheena) and his speech theapry (Sue) to go over the final report since 18 months old with IEP services. We have been going to the 'assessment meeting' with the school district through Bonnie MacBeth in Plainfield. The school district had made a final decision that he does not qualified for special education program. However, he is able to go to preschool for 6-week for further evaluation.
Justin will begin preschool on October 1st for 2 days a week from 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM. And then we will have another meeting at the end of his 6-week program. We really don't know what the outcome willl be for us. He still have struggle because he does have good and bad days.
For example; Last week with Sue he grunt and pointed at the kitchen area. Sue asked him can you tell me what you want? Say the word? He grunt and pointed again. Sue asked Justin come and show me what you want? We proceed to the kitchen and then suddenly he just dismissed what he was trying to say....and you could tell he was confused!
He has been saying the 3-sentence phases but hadn't been able to communicate in longer utterances and his pronunciation isn't clear at times.
But the good news......Lately, he has been FINALLY responding to us with a Yes or No by moving his head when we ask him if he want this or that. In the past he hasn't been able to say Yes or No or even responded to us. We were always second guessing him!
I know people has been telling us he may be one of the late talker which is what we are hoping for between 3-4 years old. I do hope in time he would talk just like his sister does!
Our goal--
Getting him to talk verbally back and forth in conversation
Gettting him to remember what he did that day or remember what he like
Getting him to ask what he want to do
Getting him to stay with his eye contact when we talk to him
Getting him to
