Here are the results for Hannah’s Developmental Assessment of Young Children Summary from Early Childhood Intervention done yesterday. Basically, they “test” her on certain behaviors, abilities, etc., and they asked me a lot of questions on what she can/can’t do at this age.
- Cognitive Age Equivalent – 8 months
(at 4-month assessment, she was assessed at 4-month level - Communication Age Equivalent – 6 months
(at 4-month assessment, she was assessed at 2-month level) - Social-Emotional Age Equivalent – 11 months
(at 4-month assessment, she was assessed at 6-month level) - Physical Age Equivalent – 4 months
(at 4-month assessment, she was assessed at 2-month level) - Adaptive Behavior Age Equivalent – 5 months
(at 4-month assessment, she was assessed at 2-month level)
For now, we have developmental therapy once a week and occupational therapy twice a week. As I mentioned before, they are going to get a consult from their speech therapist regarding the feeding and communication issues (since the tongue is involved, they feel that may also hinder her speaking). However, the therapist that has experience in dealing with feeding issues is leaving for private practice in two weeks. They are trying to fit Hannah in for a consultation with her before she leaves. We are interested in considering a private speech therapist that has experience working in this area, as I’m not sure ECI will have one once this therapist leaves.
They also explained that the way the assessment is done, they had to stop after three “No”s. So the fact that she can’t turn from tummy to back yet she can sit unassisted is sort of negatively biased because of her situation. Also, the tongue-feeding issue was also basically a “stop” for the adaptive behavior assessment.
I sent this information to her pediatrician to see if she is getting an adequate amount of therapy services or if we need to either bump up ECI’s services or perhaps look into private therapy services (if our insurance covers it). I haven’t even looked into the insurance end of things yet!
As you can sort of see (my scanner doesn’t work so I can’t scan the graph), but she is following her own development chart. So she may be behind, but she is still moving along!
I know that Hannah and Olivia each have their own distinct challenges. It made me smile though to realize that Hannah is following her own growth/development curve. Olivia has never been on a typical track either, but if you look at her graph, she’s always followed her own curve. Our girls aren’t following the pack… they make their own paths!