Speech Evaluation

This was speech evaluation day.  We took you to the Children's Hospital satellite office not far from the house for your evaluation.  We knew it would be fine because it obviously doesn't include any needles, medical procedures, etc.  You just had to go play with the therapist for a little bit and get evaluated while playing.

You went in and didn't take long to warm up to the therapist.  They had you look at some pictures in a book and point to what the action was or the word they were saying.  You did great at that and actually got bored with it after a while, and would really only participate in that "game" while sitting under the table.  The other part of the evaluation was having you repeat words the therapist was saying.  You tried to repeat almost all of them, but very few were understandable.  Overall, you did very well with the evaluation,f even with being somewhat uninterested in participating for part of the time.

When we received the evaluation back, it told us what we expected.  Your language was below where it should be for your age, but your comprehension was at or above normal.  It stated speech therapy would be a good choice.  It wasn't a huge problem or concern, but that the therapy would just help get you to start talking better.

So, we decided it could only help you and put you on the LONG wait list with Children's Hospital.  Speech therapy is essentially just play therapy, while working on talking about things you are playing with at the time.  It isn't anything that would hurt you and could only help you in the long run.  So, it didn't take long for us to make the decision.  We only want the best for you and will do just about anything to help make that happen.  Can't wait to see how your language develops.