So we began the eval through the school this week, after initially meeting with a child psych earlier this summer.

We met with the child psych today. She was very honest that they can't really diagnosis a child with anything until around 7 or 8 because each day they are seen at this age, they can present differently.

She did however say that from the start, she noticed he has a lot of problems focusing and sitting still. The speech therapist said the same thing the other day. Both days he could not remain seated, was crawling on the floor, going from toy to toy, etc.

While she has to score the evaluation still, she feels he does have some sensory issues which are causing this.

She said the good thing is a lot of regular teachers are aware of this stuff and know how to handle it so it does not become a disruption and escalate in class.

She said it could go either way at the meeting in a couple weeks when they decide if he is eligible for services. Best case scenario, they will send a special ed teacher to work with him for a couple hours each week in the nursery school class. Worst, they look to see if he "grows out of this" and ask him to come back in 6 months for another eval.

He also met with the OT who said he has a few "borderline" issues with his fine motor skills, but honestly, I think that's BS because 1.) he's not in school yet really and has not used scissors and pencils that much and as DH pointed out 2.) he uses a hammer and other tools at this age.

He also is advanced in terms of being able to do sports kinds of activities, and she said his hand/eye coordination is excellent.


She also pointed out that he is very intelligent and does do things to kind of "manipulate" people. My family has ALWAYS said this about him. Throughout both sessions this week, when the person would ask him something, he would answer with the wrong thing, and then smile or laugh so they knew he was just being silly about it. She also said cognitively, there's absolutely nothing wrong with him.

On Tuesday, they are sending a special educator to the nursery school for about 45 minutes to observe him.

Both her and the speech therapist are going to call me next week to discuss their final conclusions before we attend the CPSE meeting at the school, at the end of the month.

Thanks for listening!!!