Isaac has Graduated Speech Therapy!

Isaac excels in most areas. Not to sound like one of those moms, but he just does: music, reasoning, math, art. However, one major area that he was big time behind in was speech and language. When he was a year an a half and should have had 5 words, he had 2. When he was 3 and should have been making sentences, he was still using signs or one word that you could barely decipher. Something was wrong and I was starting to worry.

After talking with my parents as teachers person, we agreed that we should get him checked out. I knew it wasn't a hearing issue or anything like that and obviously what I was doing at home wasn't good enough to help him through it. After taking him for a consultation with SSD (Special School District) it was determined that he would greatly benefit from speech therapy.

I met with Ms. Susan (his Speech Therapy Teacher through our local school district) and she laid out a plan for the next year of what she would like to do with him and how she would like to see him grow in his ability to form words and sentences. Together, we put the plan into action. I took him to see her twice a week and she would send home worksheets, flash cards and different ideas of what to do to help him develop. After the first week, we could tell a HUGE difference. He was starting to come out of his shell and at least TRY to form words that he was too embarrassed to try before.

No, being at school by 7:45am every Tuesday and Thursday wasn't convenient (especially with his little sister) it was needed and worth it. After a couple months, Ms. Susan was more than pleased. He was talking up a storm and responsive to/excited for her lessons. Now that it's a year later, we're all sad to be going our separate ways, but Isaac has grown leaps and bounds from where he was and no longer qualifies for help through SSD.

While we're still planning on home schooling, I'm incredibly grateful for the help that we were able to get Isaac through the school system.  While I have an education degree, speech therapy is a whole animal of it's own. I wouldn't have known where to begin, while Ms. Susan took the reins and really helped Isaac get through the difficulty he was having.