Although every child is of course unique, children with SB tend to excel at language and arts more than math and science. That being said, all sorts of delays come into play with a child who has some physical disabilities to overcome. Over time, it has become clear to us and Annabelle's therapists that she is delayed in terms of communication.
Yesterday, we had an appointment with a speech therapist who interviewed us and evaluated Annie. She agreed that Annie is speech-delayed. The official "submit-to-the-insurance-company-diagnosis" is "severe receptive and expressive language impairment". Nobody likes the word "severe" concerning anything - and we are no different.
So the plan is to have Annie attend one individual speech therapy session and one group session each week once all the insurance machinery clicks into place. So for those of you keeping track, that means 2 Physical therapy appts each week and 2 Speech therapy appts each week. Of course, we are gladly committed to doing anything we can to help the wee-one but ask yourself what 4 doctors appts every week would do to your schedule . . .
So that's the news from yesterday morning - yesterday afternoon was another matter altogether . . . to be continued . . .
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