Psychologist's Assessment

The meeting went so well yesterday. I am really impressed with our special services department in our school district. I absolutely love the ladies we have met with so far. They have shown great interest in Micah and getting him help as soon as possible. They love the story of how we found him through Reece's Rainbow and brought him home. It has warmed my heart to have their kindness and support for him.


I loved watching the psychologist with him yesterday. She got down on the floor and played with him. This was part of her assessment to see how he responded when she asked him to do different things. She was a lot of fun to be around. When it was all said and done, she said, "I would place him around 18 months (mentally)." I was not surprised. This is what I have been saying for months. However, she was extremely impressed with his high functionality (including understanding instructions and responding), and physical movement (including his coordination and reaction to things). She was so confident that he could go into a regular classroom for kindergarten if we wanted him to (in two years). I told her, "We want him to have all the possibilities available to him, and don't want to hold him back, but we'll see when we get there :)"

It was a great day. Now we wait for his first IEP with our school district and subsequent referral to County. Then we'll have an IEP with County to cover all his needs, including free door-to-door transportation (our district has charged for bussing for two years)! So, he *should* be starting preschool in the next 3-4 weeks. We are very excited for this opportunity for him to get educational help and different therapies, including speech. Until then, we are practicing a lot of what the speech therapist taught us, and he is responding well.