Friday, October 24, 2014

Early Steps Evaluation

Yesterday we had an evaluation with early steps. They look for physical, occupational and speech needs. Since Ansley is developmentally delayed due to vision problems and Lissencephaly, a lot of her "skills" are newborn-2 month level. They played a lot with her on the floor to see what she can do. She's so close to rolling from tummy to back! Her grasp is improving and she's way more flexible. They were concerned with the delay in her skills, that she isn't sitting, bringing feet to mouth, grasping toys, holding bottle, etc. We are going to start with a weekly occupational therapist who will work on all this including her feeding (suck/swallow) issues. If she can't get those under control we will call in a speech therapist. They were very sweet and just loved Ansley. We set many goals for 6 months and looking forward to see Ansley  reach and surpass these goals. 

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1 comment:

  1. Katie,
    I came across this video while teaching today and I thought you would enjoy it. It is about Bill O'Brien, the Houston Texans head coach, whose song has lissencephaly. It is absolutely wonderful. It brought me, and a few of my students, to tears! Have blessed day!
    http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=11735918

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