Eary Intervention - 1 Year Evaluation

Lauren had her 1 year evaluation for the occupational and speech therapy she is receiving through the county. It is hard to believe that she has been getting services for a year. As of next month they are going to stop adjusting for prematurity so right now she is considered cognitively delayed. She is progressing, so my goal is for her to be caught up by the time she starts kindergarten. On a gross and fine motor level (walking, crawling, manipulating small objects) she is functioning around 7 months. We already figured that since she isn't cruising much around the house. On a cognitive level (thinking, reasoning and problem solving) she is very scattered and her development is anywhere from 6 to 12 months. On a speech level (which includes eating) her development ranges between 9-12 months. Overall I was very pleased with this evaluation. I think Lauren is doing very well. We are going to start occupational therapy every week instead of every other week. We will continue speech therapy every other week. Both therapies go hand in hand and have proved to be very beneficial to Lauren. We set her 6 month goals and will re-evaluate her then. We praise and thank God daily for all of the progress she has made. He has definately blessed our family!