Colin's Evaluation Update

So this morning was Col's OT eval. They sure picked a good day for it, since he woke up at 3:45am this morning and NEVER went back to sleep, except during the car ride to Stacy's house to drop off Caden. That was at 7:45, since the eval wasn't until 9am, I was thinking yay, I can bring him in, then I can lay down and get a 45 minute snooze in, ha! Yea right Kym. Not happening. He woke up as soon as we got in the house and back to vacuuming he went. *sigh* SO needless to say, they got to see the "real" Colin. The real scary crazy Colin! The Colin WE know~which is the best possible outcome of an eval.

Colin does definitely qualify for Occupational Therapy Services. 2 times per week at that, in addition to a Special Education teacher. I must admit, I am glad to hear this, it verifies that I am NOT crazy for thinking that he was having problems. For months I've gone back and forth wondering if he really had some issues going on or if he was coping his older brother OR if he was just a typical 2 year old. This made me feel less guilty all around *whew* I was pretty nervous that I was reading way to much into this, but they at least verified the things that we see everyday. He had a tantrum. He ran around like crazy. He couldn't hold his attention for more then 1 or 2 minutes. He kicked, he threw things, he bit, he asked to vacuum and when we wouldn't let him, he found his popper and pretended to vacuum. They really did get to see for an hour what our typical day is like. The only thing I wish they could have seen was his reaction to change and transition, but they take our word for it. It's hard to transition when your not really changing much at that time. She did notice though how he pulls at his clothing, like if his sleeve is up, it needs to be down in the proper place, same thing with pants, socks etc. Needless to say, I am glad he qualifies. She was surprised by how much his not being able to process things is messing with his sense of self in everyday life and all of his environments. . I was surprised to learn how much it is affecting his fine motor skills and typical learning mind development! I never even thought of it in that way, so to have it explained to me, was pretty surprising. Since he is going to be 3 not to far off, we'll have to go through this all over again with the school district to re-qualify and the OT we have today suggested again that I ask for a Physical therapist come in to double check his legs and feet again as well, especially because of the "W" sitting his continues to do.

She also said that she thinks Colin would really benefit from a swing, since it seems like movement calms him so much. I'll have to look into that one and price things out. She has a feeling that the first many sessions will be a trial and error learning piece with him, trying to decide what works and what won't. He is a tricky child. We are going to do one day of therapy at our house and the other at Stacy's house, this way he is getting it in his typical environment and Stacy can have a hour break on those days to spend time with Christoper. I am looking forward to whats to come in his future and hope that someday soon we'll be sleeping through the night! Oh~ she was super excited too, that we are already using a weighted blanket too, since she was going to suggest that for help at night! Thank you again Donna for that!