From their first meeting they've been two peas in a pod. Edison loves "Baby Tad" and now carries him around all of the time. They are a cute team!
A lot of updates. Edison was evaluated by a program here to determine the best preschool program for him to start when he turns three. This will be coordinated by the school system, we will have a case manager and Edison's therapies will move to a school setting rather than at home. The recommendation by the team is a half day program in a "self contained" preschool disabled classroom. This means all of the children are delayed in one area or another. Martin and I toured and were very impressed with a program near us and the plan is for Edison to go 2.5 hours per day 5days a week. They are hoping to start him in January when the kids come back from break rather than wait until his official birthday. When we visited there were 8 children in the class, the special education teacher and 2 assistants. There is also a speech therapist in there several days a week. Edison will be evaluated for Physical and Occupational therapy to see if he will need those as well as part of his school day. He is growing up!!
The other big change is we are going to move our feeding therapy to another center. We love our current therapist but it is a 1 hour drive door to door and there is a feeding center 15 minutes away that we want to give a try. They will offer a few more services in that they have a "feeding team" so he will go twice a week. The speech therapist will help work on moving food around in his mouth and then an occupational therapist will help us work on sensory issues and oral hygiene (he's very protective of his mouth). So, lots of changes in the new year!
A lot of updates. Edison was evaluated by a program here to determine the best preschool program for him to start when he turns three. This will be coordinated by the school system, we will have a case manager and Edison's therapies will move to a school setting rather than at home. The recommendation by the team is a half day program in a "self contained" preschool disabled classroom. This means all of the children are delayed in one area or another. Martin and I toured and were very impressed with a program near us and the plan is for Edison to go 2.5 hours per day 5days a week. They are hoping to start him in January when the kids come back from break rather than wait until his official birthday. When we visited there were 8 children in the class, the special education teacher and 2 assistants. There is also a speech therapist in there several days a week. Edison will be evaluated for Physical and Occupational therapy to see if he will need those as well as part of his school day. He is growing up!!
The other big change is we are going to move our feeding therapy to another center. We love our current therapist but it is a 1 hour drive door to door and there is a feeding center 15 minutes away that we want to give a try. They will offer a few more services in that they have a "feeding team" so he will go twice a week. The speech therapist will help work on moving food around in his mouth and then an occupational therapist will help us work on sensory issues and oral hygiene (he's very protective of his mouth). So, lots of changes in the new year!
posted by Jen | 9:35 AM
3 Comments:
That all sounds great! I bet he will really blossom when he's interacting with other kids. That program sounds fantastic. I hope we can get together sometime before the holidays!
Hugs to Edison (and Mom & Dad),
Lara & John
Wow! What a lot to report - and it's all positive and promising. Reminds me of how this little engine just keeps chugging along. He and Baby Tad are quite a pair, aren't they! love...
dobie
Wow! He sure is growing up Jen! He's growing by leaps and bounds. :)
That is just awesome, how exciting for Edison too.
Irish
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