I actually have a couple of (unrelated) posts to make, so please bear with me.
We had Dorian’s IEP on Monday morning. Usually this is fast. He really only has an IEP for speech so it’s not the long and drawn out process Malachai’s can be. It went well. Last year he had speech (IIRC) twice a week for 30 minutes, and this year he was dropped to twice a week for fifteen minutes, and Kendra (the speech gal at school) said she was willing to drop him to once a week if I was ok with it. I vetoed that because I am not ok with it, what good is 15 minutes once a week? So twice a week it is.
The teacher mentioned his fine motor skills and that he could maybe use some help. What? Where did this come from? It mainly came from his handwriting. Let me tell you, my handwriting is attrocious. I go from having easy to read block letters or messy scribble to well formed cursive and back to scribble in the same sentance. My hand hurts if I write for too long. It cramps up and I just don’t like doing it, which is funny because I have notebooks of writing fromt he stone age. I also have notebooks of typed up (on a typewriter!) things as well.
So… I spoke to Malachai’s OT and she suggested having him evaluated instead of giving me random advice.
No problem. I phoned the doc this morning, told the referral lady what I needed and why (and that my other sons OT suggested a full eval) and she said it should be ready by 5. I am going to pick it up in the morning. Sometimes my doc office is convenient. Other times it sucks.
So, I might be trekking out to therapy more than the twice a week I am already out there (Mal gets his ST & OT back to back twice a week). Fun fun fun!
I have some Mal type queries in my next post…
