Speech Evaluation...

...........yesterday Brady had an appointment for speech evaluation. This was scheduled before the word NF ever entered our lives......once again, amazing how God has everything planned out before we even know it! Tony and I have been concerned about Brady speech, or there lack of, and with his twin being SO talkative, we were not sure if he had a delay or if we were just comparing him too much to Hayden.

My thought as a mother was, this eval could go one of two ways, Brady get in there and say everything they ask and Tony & I look like stupid parents...........or he would go in there and say NOTHING, just do his adorable grin he does!!!

He did GREAT....so much better than I anticipated....we walked in together, Julie met us at the door and asked Brady if he wanted to go play, and he took off without me---YEAH!!!!! Back in the "playroom", the case worker, the speech therapist, her assistant and Julie, all worked with Brady having him do different things (play things to keep it fun)....and asked me a SERIES of questions........................after completing it all, they did state that they would write up the evaluation and meet with Tony on Thursday to review the plan.

The speech therapist did confirm he has a speech delay, and a couple of items of other delay, one being his size (which we already knew that), and the last being his "clumsiness"----lack of coordination. Overall, this would put him at the 18-20 month range. As for his ability, she stated he obviously has the mental capability to think and KNOW things....he just can't relay them thru speech...and this is completely "fixable" for lack of a better word. This is GREAT news..........we just need to work with him and catch him up.......he can certainly do the work and has the ability to do it!!!!!!!!!