Starting Speech Therapy

After a long process we are finally starting speech therapy for Noah. His first appointment with the AEA early intervention teacher is August 21st. Noah met her for the first time yesterday and they really hit it off. Their first goal is to work for the next 6 weeks on 10 different skills & signs. She found yesterday that he already had 3 of the skills she had scheduled to work on so they will work on the other 7. The goal is for him to imitate a behavior with only one prompt and to give the appropriate sign for that skill with 80% accuracy. I was brought to tears yesterday when after only about 20 minutes of working with the teacher he was signing more and saying an approximation of bumble (she was doing bumble bee, bumble bee, buzz and tickling his belly).
Another exciting facet of his therapy is that starting in January he can attend preschool at Prairie City Elementary. In fact, his teacher would like to take him into the classroom this fall for therapy. This will help tremendously with his transition as well as give the staff an idea of the types of supports he will need to be successful.
I am so happy that he is finally getting the help he needs so he can be on track for Kindergarten and beyond!