This is my little man, Jack. He is 2 1/2 years old and he is one of the sweetest and most wonderful children I have ever known. My daughters are also wonderful, don't get me wrong, but Jack has a way about him that just draws you into his world and makes you want to stay forever.
Yesterday Alex and I took Jack for a speech evaluation. We went to the Children's Institute, a cutting edge center for children about 10 minutes from our home. Recently I have grown concerned with how difficult it can be to understand Jack. He has a huge vocabulary but it is often hard to decipher what he is saying. And while Alex and I (and his sisters) can usually interpret for him, others usually cannot. So, believing that knowledge = power, I made the appointment.
The speech therapist we met with was a wonderful woman named Emily. She spent close to 90 minutes with us, asking questions, listening, and evaluating Jack. In the end she concluded that Jack is very bright and has uber developed observation skills. Although he is young and a proficient talker, she felt he would benefit from a 12 week course of speech therapy. He will go once a week for 30 minutes a session and more than likely that will be all he needs to be more easily understood by all of us who love and adore him!
The other man in my life...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
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Beth--Glad to hear about Jack's appointment. Please keep us updated on how the classes go. Love to you all, Lib
Smoochies and prayers for ya, Darlin'--your link didn't work when I clicked it, btw. Cute Lil' Man for real!
Oh and I wanted to applaud and "hear hear" your musings about living more simply and not working so hard to chase a paycheck. Kid time is precious time and it goes by entirely too fast to waste it on running the rat race! Have a blessed and peaceful Sunday.
Hey Vickie!!!
I think the link is fixed, I'm still new to all of this and I'm missing some things along the way. Thanks for your note the other day, it was the highlight of the week! Happy Sunday to you.
Don't stress over a "slow" talker - I encourage you to look up research about this - I believe that most research says stuff like -- most everyone catches up by the age of XX or something - whether it is walking, reading, or talking, "late", etc.
Oh I'm not stressed...and we did research! Most stuff says if you cannot understand 60% of what your child says by age 2 that an evaluation is warranted. At 2.5 we weren't sure we were understanding that much and he was growing increasingly frustrated with not being understood. So 6 hours of speech therapy over the course of 12 weeks isn't too much...and hopefully it will lessen his frustration and ease our communication.
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