Nico's diagnoses.

When Nico turned three in January, we passed out of early intervention and into the school system. We knew that the therapies would change (from our house to in school, from an hour a week per therapist to something shorter, from complete financial support to relative financial support for prescribed therapies/equipment), and they did. We wanted to give school, and Nico, and us, a chance to adjust before we considered additional therapies or interventions. Six months passed. The school program was fine, if not especially good at communicating with us, but Nico's speech and OT skills were not improving as rapidly as we might hope (despite ample evidence of good cognitive understanding) and his behavior (especially around eating, but not exclusively) was deteriorating.

So two things have happened. ( Read more... )