She did state that in certain areas- like speech and social development- he is still significantly delayed. She also said that for memory and problem solving he is advanced.
We wrote his new goals yesterday-
- Two word sentences. Waiting him out and prompting him with sign will be our technique.
- Descriptive words. I don't get this one as he has two descriptive words in speech- EWW and Hot- and several in sign only.
- Colors and Shapes. He can match like nobody's business and knows his colors. If you ask him to point to the blue whatever though, no dice. Same with shapes- line up three and he can't find the circle if you ask for it. But he can recognize the difference, again when matching, between a parallelogram, square, rectangle, and rhombus. Same with oval and circle.
- On, under, etc. If you tell him to look under x, he wanders around and doesn't seem to understand these words.
- Part, Purpose, and Category
- Yes and No. For example, holding a dog and saying, "Is this a cat?". Also, more concretely, answering questions. If you ask, do you want a cookie, he will say no and then cry when you don't give it to him. If you were to ask, do you want to eat the cookie, then it would have been a yes.
- Flexibility. Encouraging this more in play and speech as he is very routinized.
- Eye contact
I am so proud of all the work he has done. It shows every day.
In other news, and probably more importantly to Little Bug, he has new SHARKKKKS (he develops a lateral lisp whenever he says it). We went to visit some good friends and they got him a 24 piece fish jigsaw puzzle, a shark pillow and blanket. He carries the pillow with him yelling MY SHARKKKKS and wants to sleep under the blanket. We figured the puzzle would take him a couple of weeks to figure out, but he can do 20 of the 24 pieces by himself, so probably not.
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