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[quote=Anonymous]OP here with the update:

DS scored: cognitive 11 month level; speech: expressive 9, receptive 7 months; 10 mo. for social/ emotional; motor skills: 11 mo. for gross, 9 mo. for fine; adaptive 13 mo.
The evaluator said the upper limit delay to qualify for the program is 11 months, so he’ll need treatment for all areas other than adaptive skills (i.e.: physical development, cognitive development, communication development, social and emotional development)

Like the other mom on this thread http://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/353898.page, I was shocked by his low score in social/ emotional, because we (parents, pediatrician) thought he has very good social skills. The evaluator explained that he scored low because he doesn’t do things like comfort others in distress; repeat activity that makes me laugh; bring me toys. It’s true that he doesn’t do the latter; but he does repeat things that makes us laugh (although not always). We have a regular playgroup of 5 same-aged children, and if one of them cries, all the others stare or just continue to mind their own business, so I never thought him not comforting the other kid would be a bad sign!

The receptive language skills are also lower than expected, partly because he doesn’t always respond to his name. I swear, if this kid is playing with something that really interests him, he can’t be bothered. So the evaluator wasn’t sure that he recognizes his own name.

The next step is to meet for a team evaluation with an educator, a speech therapist and an occupational therapist, who will do their own assessment and come up with a recommendation.

The evaluator wasn’t able/ willing to tell me anything else about what this means, and she said they would have to meet DS for several sessions before they can tell me more. Of course, the questions floating in my head are: what does this mean for my child? How bad/severe is this delay? Is this a neurological issue? What is the likelihood of him outgrowing it? I realize that an accurate prognosis is not possible at this stage, but what I want at the next evaluation is an answer along the lines of: “Out of 100 kids with these type of delays at this age, 30 outgrow it by 2 y.o., 30 catch up by 4 y.o., and 40 end up diagnosed with X, Y, or Z condition and need different treatment”. Is this expectation unreasonable? Not knowing what the possibilities are is maddening.

Also, does anyone know how speech therapy would work for bilingual toddlers? His other language is not a widely spoken on (like Spanish), so chances of getting a speech therapist that speaks it are close to 0.
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