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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sorry you had a really long post and I didn't read it all.  My first thought is Relax, take a deep breath.  Then I would put a call into get an appointment with a developmental pediatrician.  Yes it can take 8 months to get the first appointment.  But ... I got one for my son the next day, by calling on the day someone canceled.  My child sees Dr. Gersh in Laurel (CNMC Outpatient Center). We are happy with him. He is very thorough but doesn't have a fuzzy personality.

I would call and make an appointment with someone (good especially at Childrens as they have more than one Dev Ped).  Let them know that you are available for a canceled appointment.  Call back every 2-3 weeks and let them know you are interested in a cancelled appointment.  Make sure you are available as much as possible to take a last minute appointment.  Or got to Kennedy Krieger in Baltimore, I'm not sure of the wait.

Also remember the evaluation is just one day. I remember our MCITP evaluation and my child got cognitive at 12 months, when he was 9 months.  Then 2 years later we had him evaluated at KKI and he scored low on cognitive.  We thought he might have a cognitive disability and I tried to get my head around that.  But in the end, he is pretty average intelligence.  It is just ONE DAY.   Get your self a developmental pediatrician.  You might want to go somewhere at 18-20 months and get a speech evaluation from another place. We went to TLC, just to make sure we had more information and would be offered therapy thru ITP.

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I'm sorry, I tend to write a lot. :)   Too many thoughts!

I appreciate the feedback on getting the appointments.  I WAH with a pretty flexible schedule, and so can usually be pretty available for a cancellation.  I will definitely take the advice of trying back often. :)

And thanks to you and the PP who suggested that I remember that this is just a snapshot, and just an evaluation to determine eligibility for services.  The evaluators said essentially the same thing, and to not focus too much on the "scores".  I do realize that.  The thing is, I've suspected that there are issues, but this is the first confirmation I've had from someone who knows about child development.  I am both disappointed that I was right about there being delays (I would have loved to hear that there are none), and also a little relieved to know that I'm not crazy and just seeing things (though again, I would have preferred that!).  A lot of people (grandparents, friends) have made me feel that way a little... that I was over-reacting or expecting too much of DS, that he's "just a boy" (as opposed to a girl), that everyone knows someone whose child didn't speak until they were three and that kid is just fine, etc.  It's not just that DS doesn't have many words; if it was, I probably wouldn't have even thought to have him evaluated for anything.  It's the overall picture that led me to suspect he was delayed.  What the cause or issue might be, if there is one, I don't know... I just know that he doesn't seem to be doing what he should at his age, in more than one specific area (i.e. speaking a few words).[/quote]

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