Wyatt

We are finally starting to get settled back in the Valley. We have a temporary home that we are renting from a friend of a friend. It's a beautiful home that we fit in perfectly, unfortunately its also for sale (out of our range) so we'll just be here a short time. We've hit the pavement running with Wyatt's speech stuff. We met with the school district on Tuesday to determine if Wyatt would be eligible for the special needs pre-school. They tested his receptive & expressive language skills & determined that his receptive skills are above average and his expressive skills are on the lowest end of average. What does it all mean? He's a super smart little boy who needs some help learning to talk. And, he does qualify for pre-school. It's a language based program where the teachers & aides have all been trained by the school speech pathologist. The speech path also visits the classroom throughout the week to do individual and small group therapy with the kids. Our big guy will be going 2 1/2 hours a day four days a week. He can even ride the BUS! I kindly said thanks but no thanks to the bus ride, I still have to maintain some little bit of his baby-hood!! Anyhow, we met with our private SLP today. She said that he definitely has some symptoms of Apraxia and she will treat it as Apraxia for now. She actually specializes in treating kids with Apraxia, so we are really excited & feel very fortunate to have her. So, speech starts Monday & school starts May 1st, wish Wyatt luck in his new ventures!