Well, a couple of balls, actually.
I talked to Patti S. today with the school system special education department. She will be sending me a package with all of the information that they will be needing to evaluate Jake. He will have to have a vision and hearing screen, or at least be seen by the pediatrician and have him declare that he seems to have no hearing or sight issues. She told me a little about the evaluation process. She said that Jake will be evaluated by a preschool teacher, a speech therapist and a developmental specialist in a "play environment." He will be taken to another room (we can see him, she said) and worked with with the evaluators, while we are interviewed. Or, of course, if the child won't go without one of us, which may well just be the case with Jake, then a parent can be in the room. Steve will be going with me, he said that he wants to, and most likely Manny will be there too, since we haven't really left him anywhere so far.
Just after I talked to her, Jennifer B, a developmental specialist from Babies Can't Wait called to set up a home visit. I told her that I had already talked to Patti, but she didn't care, she said that she could come by and do the home evaluation anyway. That is actually great, because I'm so anxious for something to happen. She will be coming Tuesday at 10 AM.
I hope its OK that I'm working with two separate programs, but Jennifer said that she's not sure what will happen since he's so close to 3. I'm just anxious for some answers.
