Today the lady from First Steps came out to sign paper work. First Steps is Missouri's early intervention system for infants and toddlers with special needs. We have been referred to them by our pediatrician and our Parents as Teachers educator. Basically unless you have a medical diagnosis like "autism" (or many other diagnoses) the only way they agree to come out and do services is if your child is functioning 50% below their age. Since Max can't get into a specialist to be evaluated to see if he has autism until Sept. we are "hoping" that on June 17th he is considered to be functioning at a 1yr old level in at least 1 of 5 areas. I know it sounds horrible to say we are "hoping" he is functioning as a 1yr old but we know he really needs the early interventions this program can provide and without a diagnosis that is the only way to get their assistance.
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
First Steps
Today the lady from First Steps came out to sign paper work. First Steps is Missouri's early intervention system for infants and toddlers with special needs. We have been referred to them by our pediatrician and our Parents as Teachers educator. Basically unless you have a medical diagnosis like "autism" (or many other diagnoses) the only way they agree to come out and do services is if your child is functioning 50% below their age. Since Max can't get into a specialist to be evaluated to see if he has autism until Sept. we are "hoping" that on June 17th he is considered to be functioning at a 1yr old level in at least 1 of 5 areas. I know it sounds horrible to say we are "hoping" he is functioning as a 1yr old but we know he really needs the early interventions this program can provide and without a diagnosis that is the only way to get their assistance.
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