First off, thank you to all those who have been praying for / thinking of and pulling for us today. We really wanted to make sure that this eval was accurate as possible and I think it was.
Annie slept through the night, woke up cheerful, had a good breakfast and powered through 2 1/2 hours of observation, poking and prodding.
The first 45 minutes or so, the therapist played various problem-solving games with the wee one - hiding toys under washcloths, placing toys in clear Plexiglas containers some short crossword and Sudoku puzzles (okay, I made those last two up).
The rest of the almost two hours was spent letting Annie do her own thing while the wife and I answered about 543 questions. Fortunately, the wife and I were in agreement on about 98% of our answers so that felt good.
Each game played gets a point value, every answer to every question gets a point value. At the end all the points are added up, checked against a graph and your wee one is branded on the bottom of her left foot with a label for the rest of her life. Not really.
It is sort of like those personality tests that determine if you are an Otter, Golden Retriever, Garden Slug etc. No one description ever fully encompasses anyone - but WE MUST MEASURE SO WE CAN LABEL. And, we must label so the county can decide if they want to give more of your tax dollars back to you in the form of therapy for your daughter.
To be continued . . .
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