Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Therapy Update

Claire is progressing well with her therapies.  She was "re-evaluated" in occupational therapy in March, and it was found that she qualified for therapy to improve her fine motor skills.  This means she will continue in OT until at least next March.  She loves, loves, loves her OT (Ms. Paula) so I am excited about that.  I am also excited as this helps with alot of activities that help her to be more independent (dressing, etc) as well as activities for school (using a crayon, scissors, etc). 
Her speech has come a long way as well.  She has met all of the goals made for her at her evaluation last August.  Now they are working on some new goals, such as putting nouns and verbs together.  Her speech therapist is not sure if she will qualify when she is evaluated again in August.  At three, articulation is considering when evaluating for therapy and the therapist feels Claire will be lacking in that area.  She still can be very difficult to understand.  So we will see.  For now, Claire will continue with speech therapy so she can get as much assistance for maximum improvement as possible. 
Her physical therapy is progressing nicely.  She now goes once a week for an hour.  It is possible she will no longer need physical therapy after she is evaluated in August but that is not a given.  As she will be three in August, what she needs to be able to do also changes and increases.  Only time will tell. 
All in all the therapists are very, very happy with her progress.  She is a different child than the one who started back in August.  She has grown so much, and we are very, very thankful for the wonderful therapists who work with her each and every week. 

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