Jack had his first salon haircut last week. He's not a big fan of me cutting his hair, so I was worried he might not react well to someone else. But we had nothing to worry about! The Kid Snips salon was full of things to entertain him, including the cool racecar chairs. Jack had a great time, and he looked pretty spiffy when the stylist was finished!
Yesterday Jack finally had his official speech evaluation. The case manager, speech therapist, and developmental therapist came to our house and worked with Jack for about an hour. He was impressively cooperative, considering his nap had been cut short and we had pulled him out of bed just a few minutes before they arrived.
The results were pretty much what we were expecting. For most of his development and verbal comprehension, he's performing appropriately and even above his age level in several areas. However, for verbal expression, he's significantly delayed. The speech therapist said normal 2 year olds have about a 200 word vocabulary, and Jack says at most 4-5 words. He really only says one word on a regular basis ("ball").
The plan is for him to start twice weekly sessions with a speech therapist. Our case manager has to get everything processed first and assign him to a therapist, so it will probably be a couple weeks before we can start the therapy.
Jack's a quick and enthusiastic learner, so we're hoping it won't take many sessions for him to make some progress. We're looking forward to finally being able to talk with our son sometime in the near future!
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