Today is a day I wasn't sure would come. Today I got to look at The Boy's annual re-evaluation scores. This year he moved up to a harder test due to his age. Last year he still used the Early Childhood test, and still scored 2-3 1/2 years behind his chronological age in motor skills (both fine and gross). This year he did 4 tests. Two for gross motor; two for fine motor. On one of the gross motor tests he scored AT HIS AGE!!! And the other one only 6 month behind. On the fine motor tests he scored 6 months behind on one and 1 year behind on the other. His OT and I were not too concerned about that as when you look at the scores from each-he is in the "average range". Did you read that? HE IS AVERAGE! :)
INSERT HAPPY DANCE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Fists pumping, happy tears, twirling...and all of that!
Okay I am back. And his OT said that we are about to be done with OT. Not tomorrow, but soon. I am thinking less than a year soon....I am hoping like in 6 months soon. Not because I hate OT-much to the contrary, I will bawl like a little kid who has lost her ice cream to a dirty sidewalk on that day. No, I am happy because it will make a world of difference to not write a $200 check twice a month, but also because, IT WORKED! My guy is a fully functioning member of his classroom. His writing is as good as most of the boys in his class, better even. Not bragging my kid is better-just that for something he has struggled with for so long he is there. He has made it!
I see it in his work this year. I see it in his confidence this year. This is an awesome feeling!
Now, he still has SPD. He WILL ALWAYS have SPD. It's likely that around adolescence we will need to visit an OT again. This is a neurological disorder and when the brain goes through major shifts it throws things back off "balance". He's gonna be my picky eater, and he may never color perfectly in the lines or be a star baseball player, (though neither would his mommy or daddy). He's gonna fit right in the middle with the rest of the kids :) And THAT makes me happiest of all :D
The littlest victories can mean SO much when your precious child is struggling. We have been in and out of OT for a year with our son and I think our OT is going to release us tomorrow….we're nervous…we think our son still has work to do…guess we'll cross this bridge when we talk with her! That's awesome that your son has made such strides. For us with the new diagnosis of ADHD on top of SPD - I fear we will see our son struggle well into the future.
ReplyDeleteI feel for you! It's so hard.
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