Our IFSP

We got our IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan) in the mail today. Our Speech Therapist has been identified, her name is Laine and she should be calling us soon to set up our first therapy session.

• Adaptive/self help skills (bathing, feeding, dressing, toileting, etc.) – 22 months
• Cognitive skills (thinking, reasoning, learning) – 20 months
• Receptive Language (Understanding/Following Directions) – 25 months
• Expressive Language (Speech) – 9 months
• Oral-Motor Skills/ Articulation - Informally, Gwendalynn's facial and oral structures appeared intact, symmetrical, and without obvious deformity. During speech production, Gwendalynn exhibited minimal tongue and lip movement.- Mr. and Ms. Pope shared that Gwendalynn primarily produces the sound "p," "m," and "d." This evaluator explained to Mr. and Ms. Pope that the tongue does not move when producing the sounds "p" and "m." When producing the sound "d" the tongue can rest at the bottom of the mouth and the tongue and jaw can move as one unit. Given the significant gap between Gwendalynn's receptive and expressive language skills, limited consonant production, and lack of vocal imitation, it is likely that oral-motor challenges are impacting Gwendalynn's speech and language development.

• Gross Motor Skills – 20 months
• Fine Motor Skills – 20 months
• Social/Emotional Skills – 20 months

While I don't agree with a majority of the other scores, just based on other children I've seen at her age as well as things I've read about accomplishments, it's of no concern to me because my only purpose for contacting them was for Speech Therapy. 

We have the food book created and it is working wonders with her frustration levels and she is a much better eater now that she can tell us what she wants. I am continuing to work on other books, objects, people, places, and animals.