Colin's CPSE Meeting

We had Colin's meeting this morning. It went very very well. I am very lucky to always get amazing service coordinators to help me out an to live in such an amazing school district where they WANT to help the children. I could never leave here until the kids are out of school. It's truely amazing, and we are blessed to have them. So Colin was approved for a full day Center based 6:1:1 classroom. He is in need of Physical Therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy and Special Ed *whew* the kid is going to be working hard! We have now have to keep our fingers crossed that we can find a program this late in the school year that has openings for him. Caden's school currently does't, I already tried that route. If no program is found, then he'll contiue to get preschool services at Stacy's house, which will be more the choatic to say the least. I can't even imagine how that is going to work. He'll be required to get OT 2 times/week. Speech 2 times/week. Physical therapy 1 time/week and special ed 2 times/week. I am hoping more then ever a school is found for him, beucase that schedule will be virtually almost impossible for Stacy, not to mention the fact that she shouldn't have to have that extra responsibility either.

Colin demenstarted Clinically significant delays in the following areas: Emotionally Reactive, Somatic Complaints, Sleep problems, Attention Problems, Aggresive behavior, Affective problems, Anxiety problems, Pervasive Developmental problems (Borderline), Attention deficit hyperactiviy problems & Oppositional defiant problems *whew* that is ALOT for such a little man. I couldn't beleive it when I read the eval report. Pretty intense stuff. It seem like ALOT of his delays in other areas stem from the sensory delays. So hopefully once we overcome one, he can soar in others.  He also has definite/severe delays in the following areas, Vestibular processing, Touch processing & Oral sensory processing. He has a probable dealy in the Auditiory processing. In his PT eval he scrored within normal limits BECAUSE so many areas he did ABOVE level in and then area's for about 24-30 months or so he failed in, so there is a HUGE gap in his motor skills. He also showed low tone in his upper body and some in his lower body as well. He also tripped alot and had trouble adjusteing to different heights.

Because of all of the delays his little body is expressing, his self help skills are SEVERLY delayed. So this center based program and multiple therapies are sure to help him (and us) a ton and i am looking forward to seeing him progress as we go along.  Colin will only be 2 years and 9 months old when he starts school and rides the bus! *YIKES!*