We had a visit from the Early Intervention folks today. Riley was referred to E.I. after his hospitalization since he’s considered at-risk for developmental delays. They came by to do the initial assessment to see if he “qualified” to enter into the program. There was a physical therapist and two developmental specialists present. They asked about his history and did some developmental tests on him for about 90 min.
When it was done, I was told that he passed his developmental tests with flying colors and therefore failed to get into the program (a hearty hallelujah on both counts). The P.T. said that he’s looking just fine for a two month old and doesn’t have enough risk factors to qualify. It seemed to me that he was developing fine, but it’s nice to hear it from a professional. Since this program is available until he is 3 yrs of age, they told us to call if we have any concerns in the future and they’ll look him over again.
Thanking the Lord for Riley’s continued healing,
2 comments:
We used our local version of Early INtervention with Penny because of the developmental delays from being in the orphanage for her first year. She had a physical therapist and an occupational therapist who met with her on a more-or-less weekly basis. They were really great and Penny (while she didn't like them poking and prodding her all the time) benefitted a lot from their working with her. They also gave us tons of good tips for things we could do with Penny to get her up to speed developmentally. If Riley ends up qualifying, it'll be a good experience for you guys.
Nice to know... I'm just glad I don't have to bother with it for now.
Glad to see you're blogging again. I liked the recount of the "mummy" conversation!
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