The IEP meeting went very well. He started a speech/self help program in the elementary school on tuesdays and thursdays. It is 2 hours each time of intensive speech and self help. This week they are doing a story on who goes on the bus. "Do Tigers go on the bus? No, No, No...." They then act out the story, do pretend play with the story do music, art, and do self help skills all at the same time. Sammy is exhausted after the class but he really enjoys it and talks about it at home so we are happy. We are taking a break from our private therapy for now and letting Sammy be a regular 3 year old and have a lighter schedule and playtime. It was just too much before and he has been in private therapy since he was a year and used to go 25 hours a week. He had the schedule of a business man and he seems more relaxed now that we have stopped. I know we arent stopping forever. We will be back but for now, we are giving the SD program a chance to work. our Neurologist agrees with the decision so that is good.
We have tried Occupational Therapist (OT) and PT and our inusrance covers 4 visits which as we all know, helps nothing! But we are going to stick with the status quo for now and see how it goes. It also gives me and Sammy a chance to improve our relationship.
