This year has been full of challenges already, yet through all the chaos I can truly say that Alex's continued progress has given me so much joy! Our insurance company case worker called yesterday to just check and see how therapy was going. I love sharing such great reports. Alex is talking non-stop in sentences and so much more of what he is saying is understandable to me. I would say maybe 85-90% of what he says I understand (keep in mind some things are easier taken in context) and that teachers and family members are continuously commenting on how much more they are understanding Alex. I would guess that a stranger may understand only about 50% of what he says at this point. I can tell as his speech is emerging that there are some obvious expressive language delays. I know that will come too, and is partly normal for young children his age. For example, instead of saying "we are here" Alex might say "here are we". There also continues to be much articulation error in his speech. So he may be telling me a sentence of six or seven words, but they have consistent errors. "I like puppies and trains" might come out "I yie puppy an cain". Nonetheless, a great report, taking all history into consideration. We continue to love our sweet therapist Miss Kate. She is doing wonders for Alex, and helping me to help him at home. She plans to record him soon with a video camera. I loved when she recorded a session of his therapy on a cassette. I can listen to it now and it reminds me again of just how much progress he continues to make! Praise the Lord!
