Macie's 6 Month EI meeting

We had Macie's 6 month Early Intervention meeting on Thursday last week. All of her therapists, the social worker, and the coordinator were all at our house.

We basically just sat down and went over Macie's original evaluation, her goals, and her progress so far.

Macie has made amazing progress since she started, and all the therapists are very happy with everything. When all of this started Macie would basically cry the whole time, she would avoid any play, interaction, and would just wander around the room. Now she engages in play, she initiates play, she lets the therapists touch and hold her, she can stay with a task for quite a while (45 min. most times), and her anxiety level is almost non-existent. She has learned some sign language, is becoming more verbal and vocal, she is playing more appropriately with toys, she is imitating, she loves playing with other kids, and she has stopped avoiding adult interaction.

They all commented on how smart she is and how quickly she catches on to things, and just her overall knowledge of things. She gets frustrated at times because I think she really would like to talk and vocalize her feelings and/or wants, but it's hard for her. With her sensory issues, she gets overloaded, or overwhelmed and can not express things verbally so she gets angry. Short fuse like her mommy!

All of the therapists are leaning more towards Sensory Processing Disorder rather than Autism. They are not diagnosing, and they are not completely ruling our Autism, but they all feel that with the progress she's made, and most of her actions are a result of sensory issues.

We are continuing therapy as it was, and in 6 months they will do another formal evaluation. At that time we will be able to see the age at which she is functioning, and adjust services accordingly.

We couldn't be more happy with EI, and Macie's progress. She's really exceeding everyones expectations!