Guiding Principles for Early Intervention Services
We had our first Early Intervention session on Monday. Our speech language pathologist (SLP) came to the house and played with the boys. She said she would focus on Conor this week, and alternate next week when it will be Caden's turn. She wasn't excluding either of them in the session; she actually did a great job balancing both of them. But she made it a point to monitor Conor's speech development and write notes on just him this week. He warmed up to her quickly and enjoyed playing with her. As I mentioned in previous posts, they don't often get individualized attention, so I could tell her liked playing with her. When Caden started to join in, he got a little frustrated but he quickly got over it. Let me back up a little bit. So a few weeks ago, after the determination was made that both Conor and Caden qualified for the EI services, the next step is for the members involved (parents/family, SLP, pediatrician, child care ...