Evaluation Day

Trey was evaluated by the early childhood interventionalist today. She was so good with him and he sat right down ready to play. She gave him the Batelle, which is an assessment that I am very familiar with. I was afraid he wouldn't qualify and I was right. She said that the Batelle evaluates communication as a whole, so he scored really high on the receptive part (which I knew he would....he understands WHAT we say to him), but scored on the low end for the expressive portion (not always able to SAY what he needs to). So when you combine those scores together, his overall total put him in the "typical" range. Angela, who is also a speech-language pathologist, thought if Trey is still talking like he is now when he turns three, then she thinks he will qualify for services in the public schools for speech. She said in her professional opinion, he probably had a mild delay in the area of speech. The Batelle does not test articulation, just language. I know he has the language, just not always clear what he is trying to say. She says that from what I have told her, that most of his behavior could be from the lack of being able to say what he needs to, especially when he gets upset or angry. She also said that she has had to tell another 2 1/2 year old's family that their child did not qualify based on scores like Trey's even though he only had 3 words. His receptive language skills were in the high range as well. So we will continue to model for him and hope that he improves, if not then I will do a parent referral for testing in the school system once he turns three. He did score really high in the areas of motor skills and cognitive skills, so that was nice to find out. We will keep you posted!