Thank you everyone for taking the time to respond.
Kristys, my son is 3.5.
JJ's Dad....As for special attention...he is surrounded by two teen siblings and two parents who have pretty consistantly doted on him and his younger brother. In fact, we have pretty much maintained the same schedule for the last year. I am not seeing more engagement by the family..but I will have to take a step back and watch.
He has had no porfessional intervention. He has us. And I would really love to know which one of us did the thing that finally made him click. Who was it and what was it???? Don't get me wrong, I am enjoying the moment...but I would LOVE it to last.
Yea!! IT's a rollercoaster ride for sure..enjoy and praise the high's!!!
Hope he keeps it up:)
Okay. As many of you already know we had our evaluation with the school district. Didn't get the formal IEP yet (but am expecting it this week). We have already been advised that Liam will qualify for OT, ST and will be attending school 3 hours per day, five days per week.
Now to my question...he is having a language, eye contact and extreme engagement explosion. He has added 10 words in the last week. He has also started to usher my father to the door (who visits every night) and will say...see you, goodbye. He waves while he is saying this. He was running a car through the kitchen yesterday and was making what I believe were motor sounds. He also has started putting things on my head and saying hat...then knocking them off and laughing...not the odd high pitched laugh...but a gut laugh!
Have you folks experienced this sudden improvement for no apparent reason? I am taken aback, to say the least.
I am greatful that this occurred after his evlaution, and not before, or I would have second guessed myself yet again.
I am thrilled to hear that - I have heard this mentioned many times that our spectrum kids develop like a staircase - - looks like your son just took a giant leapThat is AWESOME news.
We definitely saw this. You don't mention your sons age. My son started preschool at age 3 years, 6 months. After 3 months of school they reconvened the IEP team because C had met ALL of his annual goals and we had to rewrite the entire IEP. We've seen constant progress with C, but the biggest leap was ages 3 - 4.
Great news!!! I am very happy for you!When we finally decided that our son might have a developmental delay (when he was 2.9 yrs old) we scheduled an evaluation which took a few weeks to get in. During this time and after the evaluation he really got a lot more of our attention and a lot more TLC! It's not like he was neglected but once we realized that there might be something a little wrong - then he really got the full treatment! And he responded to this by increasing speech and his interaction with us. Maybe your child is responding to some increased attention.
Yep! Is that not marvelous???
I think they develop in a rising spiral ... with dips and rises throughout, of course!
I LOVE those great times!
That's great. We've been experiencing a great language and social explosion as well and my son is 3 1/2. We too, had a an IEP meeting to adjust the goals within the first couple of months of school. Some of his goals for next year's IEP have already been met. They don't like to set the goals too high.
Sometimes, all of the sudden things start to click. We work so hard and then they get it or start generalizing what they have learned. It's great and celebrate the success. And, keep moving forward.