The learning begins

Kyle had his first session of speech therapy today. It was more of an "orientation" for both parties, she had a chance to see and observe Kyle and it gave him a chance to get familiar with her. She asked a ton of questions regarding Kyle's patterns, understanding, likes/dislikes, reactions, etc. She even had some exercises for Kyle, this gave her a chance to evaluate Kyle further.

Before she left, she explained what would happen next. She said she would write up a report, based on this first visit. She is going to request speech therapy twice a week for Kyle, and hopes Medicaid will approve it. She's also going to look into referring us for further evaluations for Kyle. It was heartbreaking seeing Kyle not understand simple instructions, such as point to the picture of a shoe in a book or handing her a block when she asked. She used the word "severity" regarding his understanding of things. His motor skills are just fine, he seems to have issues with vocabulary.

We're looking forward to what she recommends for Kyle as far as further assistance with his learning and more testing for him. We're open to whatever he needs, as long as it's covered by Medicaid. I told her that we wanted to put him into HeadStart for preschool. She hesitated a bit, and then hinted towards him needing more than that. She asked if his hearing has been checked (which it hasn't). I briefly told her about his pediatrician mentioning that a hearing test is pointless since he can't talk. She even disagreed with that. However, we did explain that we know he can hear, he runs to the TV when certain songs start playing or if he hears a familiar song playing he'll look at the TV.

We really like her overall, she's very friendly with Kyle. He warmed up to her because she had toys for him to play with (she used them to evaluate him).