Jacob's Reassessment

I had a few other things on my mind and didn't get this out here as soon as I wanted.

Jacob had his reassessment on Monday morning. The good news is - he's made up a month of development. He's only at a 5 month delay as opposed to the 6 month delay we started with. Also, with the paperwork they completed he's now eligible for Head Start. It's normally income based and we wouldn't qualify without the paperwork they initiated.

Jeremy and I are also a little frustrated with the program and the lack of progress. When they were here, it was a little observation of Jacob, little explanation, and a lot of paper signing. All this time they've been here, there hasn't been much work with Jacob and we don't understand it. While they were here, we were informed that they are going into the summer break and they really don't work over the summer so, they'll drop in once a month and come back in the fall BUT, Jacob will turn 3 in December and his services with Early On will end. At this point, we're not sure what the F we've accomplished over the past few months and why they were even here!

I don't know where to go next, what to do from here. I'm pissed. I know that much. I'm told Head Start really doesn't do much with kids with speech delay. I'm told there isn't really much they can do until he starts school. Early On also explained that Jacob would likely be in a resource room type when he does start school. I'm NOT happy about that! I'm damn pissed about that! It's what we wanted most to avoid! Damn! I'm pissed!

My niece, Liz is majoring in Early Childhood Development and she has one more year. My first step is to call her and see what she can offer, what she knows. Shit, I'd even give her gas money to come and work with him! I also plan to search the web and see what we can do to work with him ourselves. I don' t know what else to do.

The speech therapist comes back next week, and the other therapist the next week. I'm hoping they'll come armed with...something, some exercises for us to work with him - I don't know what I want. I want a plan. I want something!