Today was our second day at the glenrose for Joshua's assessment, today we met with the doctor first and Joshua hid under a chair did not want her near him at all which was a good thing, they really do like seeing the melt downs, and then he went and saw Psychology which went better, he did not work always on her terms it was more his but his mental age rated at about 36months and he is about 38 months so all she could say was that he is a puzzle cause with the much working that way you would expect more would be going together.......well we had to wait for the family meeting at 3 and we finded there about 12 so Joshua and I stopped by Elmwood and Heather (Dallin's speech path) was there and she could tell I was struggling with the last couple days, /i was really starting to question if it was me or if he really did have issues, I really do worry a ton because I don't want to over think things but I know I do she helped walked me through the moment so that I could make it till later, we left and went and got Sara from the sitter and then went and got Dallin and went and got lunch for them and then went and got David from work and then we went and dropped kids off at another sitters house my poor kids, it has to be hard to be passed around that much.......
Well the family meeting.......I really do hate this because you go in not sure what you are going to hear or what to expect, it is so hard........well first thing she says is at this time we feel he does not met the criteria for the Autism Spectrum Disorder, but in the next breath she say it is at this time, it was a very close call she said but because he has been changing and starting to talk alot already because of school she wanted to wait till the end of the school year and relook at him, which is a good and bad thing, as too me it is hard to tell someone else and myself that he is being this way for this reason when you don't have that offical dignoses, but such is life.... anyways here is the findings they found.....
1. history of severe language delay and profound phonological delay
2. history of middle ear function and hearing within normal limits bilaterally
3. menatl development in the average range
4. history of sensory processing issues
5. moderate delay in fine motor skills
6. Adaptive behavior in the extermally low range
7. Pica (mouthing everything)
8. drooling and oral motor concerns
9. picky eater
10. concerns with activity level and attention
Recommendations:
1. Joshua will benefit from specialized preschool programming at Elmwood with continued input from speech-language and occupational therapy as part of the program
2. a referral to the glenrose feeding and swallowing service
3. diaper perscription
4. discharged from PAS
5. blood work
6. referred to psychology for the behaviour issues...
7. in home behaviour treatment
So for the most part this is all good, he is not on the spectrum but is still going to get all ther services at this point that he would on the spectrum, so the grief is there still for many reason but I know this is the right thing for at this moment I really hope things work out for the best him and he will be able to improve and and gain the speech and have the controlled behaviour he needs......till next time......
Also we got to go out on are date night tonight which was nice we got dinner and we got a movie and also we got to get Sara's new car seat.....WOW we got lots done in our 4 hrs it was fun
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