No pictures because while she was playing, a specialist was asking me questions about Lily's skills and behaviors. Everyone there was super nice and evidently loves children. Lily was evaluated on two assessments called the Batelle and the REEL 3. She was not just being evaluated on her speech but other development as well.
She is delayed enough that she does qualify for services! I am glad that she can receive the help she needs. Besides in her expressive and receptive language, the other area she is delayed in is called attention and memory. Remember how I have written about how restless Lily is, and how she has so little attention span? How she will look at books for just a few seconds before wanting to do something else?
Our service coordinator is supposed to call me in the next couple of days to get things underway. I am excited for Lily, and hopeful for her progress.
The specialist also told me that her cleft palate and lip make Lily's speech delay more of a medical issue than a developmental issue (which makes total sense). She advised me to bring it up at the next Cranio facial team appointment with the speech pathologist there at UCSF to examine Lily from a medical standpoint.
An unrelated photo. Lily is very very into shoes right now. Anyone's shoes. She is opinionated about which shoes she wants to wear, is determined to put them on herself (which she can't really do) and if you come to our house and leave your shoes at the front door, she might come and try them on. That's what happened here. Our friend, Guga, came over and Lily was very drawn to his boots!
It looks like she smiles so easily! Thank you for the letter, we loved it. I hope the services are exactly what Lily needs, and I hope the surgery goes smoothly. Take care!
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