miss irma

For the last year and a half Riley has been getting speech therapy from Early Intervention. For the entire time he's been working with a woman named Irma.

Speech therapy it has been, but it's been playtime for our boy and he has always looked forward to it. It's been easy to tell that Irma has enjoyed working with Riley as well.

Irma hard at work














Riley and Miss Irma














Riley has made great strides in the past year and a half. He has gone from having only a handful of mostly single syllable words that he would use to saying multi-syllable words and combinations of words. It's actually starting to feel like we are having two way conversations with our son rather than just talking to him.

Much of this progress is due to the work that he has done with, "Miss Irma." Irma has been absolutely wonderful with Riley, doing her job with patience as well as competence. She's also developed a bond with our son, so it's sad to see this phase of his therapy coming to an end.

With his third birthday comes a switch over to services provided by the town which he'll get while attending a morning preschool. Monday brings that big change, but for now I just want to express gratitude for what we've had. Thanks Irma for teaching our boy, and for loving him. You have a gift for what you do that we really appreciate. You'll be missed!

Jonathan