Well, I did it. I made the call to Early intervention today. I called all over town and out of town trying to find a private OT/PT/and Speech therapist for my son with no avail. (no one will take our insurance) I'm still fighting to find a way to get him into the Awesome Therapy Center in the city, but for now I have to use the Gov Early Intervention Program. It's not so bad. I love our coordinator and so does Little bear. I'm hoping that now that he is 2 they will have a few better options for us then they did when he was a year old. He is doing very well, but has a speech delay. Our pediatrician expects us to use the Early Intervention Speech Therapist. I was very resistant to the idea at first, but dang, I have tried everything I can think of, from rhymes, to songs, to English as a second language. He loves it all, but he still only uses single words, and not too many of those. He understands language just fine, so I'm hoping that this is just a phase.
We will also be talking with an OT and PT again, to see if they can help engage him in using his affected hand and arm more, as well as gross motor coordination.
I'm a bit nervous, I would prefer him to have specialist care, and I think I'm going to keep calling around. But If this works out it will be an immense help.
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