Camp's Speech Screen

I wanted to update everyone on Camp's speech evaluation he had done with Melissa today.

Through Little Lambs I know the owners of Advantage Speech Therapy. Their daughter Ella was in my class a couple of years ago and they are just the sweetest family. The mom, Melissa, came today to the school and did a quick speech screen with Camp and then spoke with his teachers and me about how he is doing.

She had nothing but great things to say about my sweet boy which was so good for this momma to hear. She said that his cognitive skills were awesome. If she asked him to do something, i.e. put the hat on the table, then he would follow one to two step instuctions everytime. He also knew all of the age appropriate sounds, i.e. b for baby, m for momma, d for dada. He had no problem pronouncing them correctly which was a great thing. She said the only thing was that he is not talking as much as other children his age. However, this is very commom with boys who have older sibblings. They completely understand everything they just don't have the need to talk as much to get their point across. Melissa said that if there was going to be any kind of delay in his speech then this was the best to have and the easiest to fix. She said that he was very smart and would catch on very quick with  little bit of help.

She also gave us the option to wait it out a couple of months because he could gain it on his own, in his own time, or we could go ahead and let him have a couple of therapy sessions, which would do nothing but help him. After talking with Melissa and his teachers we decided to go ahead forward with the speech therapy for now. Camp is beginning to get very frustrated and act out because he hasn't figured out how to tell us exactly what he wants. For me it is very hard to see him come to tears because I can't figure out what he is trying to tell me. Now don't get me wrong he is speaking some just not more than one to two words at a time. I think with Melissa coming to see him it won't take long before we will be asking him to be quiet. : )

As long as everything goes through with our insurance we will begin speech sessions in two weeks. Melissa will come to Little Lambs once a week and spend 15 minutes with Camp inside his class with his classmates and then 15 minutes one on one with Melissa. I'm very thankful for Advantage Speech Therapy and their willingness to come to Camp's school where he feels more comfortable and do the sessions.

I will be sure to keep you updated on his progress! : )