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<blockquote data-quote="masonsmama" data-source="post: 586880" data-attributes="member: 16111"><p>Forgot to answer these... And my first reply didn't post I suppose. I'll start over. </p><p></p><p>We lived in Oregon in 2012 while my husband was in Afghanistan. Goober's first evaluation was done by "Healthy Beginnings" (free screening for 0-3) and then we were referred to EI. EI services in Oregon were so limited, we were seen one hour per month, with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) that really offered little to no help and was unpredictable at best. I do have all of the paperwork still. He scored less than 60/100 in 4 out of 6 categories, but he was only qualified for services under communication and social skills. His motor skills were on par with normal development which had never concerned me. I tried several times to contact the EI office in California, but in order to re-evaluate him, I needed to have his file faxed from the office in Oregon and apparently they could never get it done, as they would never return my calls. I have not been impressed with either of the EI offices I've dealt with. I tried getting him into head start, but without his evaluation done, we don't qualify based on income. </p><p></p><p>Now, we will be moving to Arizona. A very tiny town 15 miles north of Mexico. I am going out on a limb to assume that services will be poor or limited in the area. As for your other questions, he does okay with peers. He does not share unless I trick him into thinking he is getting something better out of it. If he is asked to share, he will hit/bite/tantrum. We have avoided him around other children at times because I feel consistently nervous about who he will hurt this time. It's like a switch. As soon as something upsets him, he is Hulk status. Bringing him down from that is challenging. He doesn't seem to do anything out of the ordinary in terms of playing with toys..he plays imaginatively but he really doesn't play with toys often.. he did at one time have a very strange obsession with a vacuum cleaner. He used to kiss it goodnight. He's grown out of that, but does display some Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behaviors. He doesn't like for us to close doors, he will plead for us to leave it open "just a little bit". His bedtime routine is very strict and cannot be changed as well as when we leave the house. He takes several minutes to get into his car seat because of the way he insists to close his own car door, open and close the window a few times before we leave, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="masonsmama, post: 586880, member: 16111"] Forgot to answer these... And my first reply didn't post I suppose. I'll start over. We lived in Oregon in 2012 while my husband was in Afghanistan. Goober's first evaluation was done by "Healthy Beginnings" (free screening for 0-3) and then we were referred to EI. EI services in Oregon were so limited, we were seen one hour per month, with a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) that really offered little to no help and was unpredictable at best. I do have all of the paperwork still. He scored less than 60/100 in 4 out of 6 categories, but he was only qualified for services under communication and social skills. His motor skills were on par with normal development which had never concerned me. I tried several times to contact the EI office in California, but in order to re-evaluate him, I needed to have his file faxed from the office in Oregon and apparently they could never get it done, as they would never return my calls. I have not been impressed with either of the EI offices I've dealt with. I tried getting him into head start, but without his evaluation done, we don't qualify based on income. Now, we will be moving to Arizona. A very tiny town 15 miles north of Mexico. I am going out on a limb to assume that services will be poor or limited in the area. As for your other questions, he does okay with peers. He does not share unless I trick him into thinking he is getting something better out of it. If he is asked to share, he will hit/bite/tantrum. We have avoided him around other children at times because I feel consistently nervous about who he will hurt this time. It's like a switch. As soon as something upsets him, he is Hulk status. Bringing him down from that is challenging. He doesn't seem to do anything out of the ordinary in terms of playing with toys..he plays imaginatively but he really doesn't play with toys often.. he did at one time have a very strange obsession with a vacuum cleaner. He used to kiss it goodnight. He's grown out of that, but does display some Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) behaviors. He doesn't like for us to close doors, he will plead for us to leave it open "just a little bit". His bedtime routine is very strict and cannot be changed as well as when we leave the house. He takes several minutes to get into his car seat because of the way he insists to close his own car door, open and close the window a few times before we leave, etc. [/QUOTE]
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