I had the opportunity to email one of our favorite special educators this Friday. I haven’t spoken to her in a few years, but I wasn’t writing to update her on Matthew’s progress. Instead I was writing to give her a heads up that our youngest son’s referral was probably going to be making its way across her desk next week. We had just taken him to Kennedy Krieger for a siblings evaluation and he was showing a 25% delay in gross motor skills and expressive language. They strongly suggested that we contact Child Find and get services started for him.
So now, all 3 of our children will have received some sort of services. We really were hoping one, just one, of our children would develop normally. We never realized the joys of parenting meant IFSP meetings and physical therapy. But on a positive note, he was showing advanced problem solving skills ( the kid did a form board) and so far was not showing any “red flags” for autism.
