Michael FINALLY had his evaluation today! It went great! They had him visit a ST, OT, and PT. He is delayed in all areas but for the gross motor, he is only slightly delayed so they aren't as concerned in that area.
For speech, they saw that we need to work on the back and forth communication more than picking up actual words so they think he will thrive with a group setting of ST rather than the 1:1 that he currently gets. I agree with this.
For fine motor, the OT said that he is left eye dominant and right handed so it can make some things harder such as reading. He was way ahead in some things such as doing puzzles and stacking blocks. She said that he does puzzles at a 5 year old level! But he has issues with sensory input and some of the instruction so they feel he would highly benefit from OT. I 100% agree with this. So they will also be helping him with self help skills, etc which is awesome!
They said that we had the option of either putting him in the autism class which is 5 days a week for longer periods or the regular special needs class that goes for only 2 days. However, they said that with his skills, they felt the autism class would be too restrictive for him. They felt that for him to build his social skills the regular class would be better. So that is what we are going to do. They said the teacher should call me and we will have a meeting to create his IEP in the next 2 to 4 weeks. Then we start school!
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