Many of you will remember my posts about helping Samuel "find his voice" over the last two years. Boy, has he come a long way! It's been a fun journey to learn and grow with him as he faced this challenge. In December, we said goodbye to our sweet friend, Kristen…also known as his speech therapist. She had been coming to our home either once a week or towards the end, twice a month, for 16 months. What a neat gal – we loved her so much. We paid for her services even when we probably could have gotten free ones elsewhere, because we loved her so much…and because of her sweet relationship with Samuel. He progressed so much under her tutelage and patience. And when anyone knocked on the door he would ask me if it was "Kristen?" in hopes of being able to play with his favorite friend. We will miss this special lady!
But the exciting news is that with his 3-year birthday comes eligibility for school district services. Our school district recently opened a wonderful facility called the Early Childhood School for preschool age kiddos with special needs – anything from speech to autism to learning disabilities. After a few months of applications, meetings, and evaluations we were excited to have Samuel accepted for their "walk-in" speech services. So every Tuesday and Thursday morning for 30 minutes he goes and gets more help "finding his voice". We're so lucky to have such a village!!
He started last week and so far so good. Plus I enjoy sitting in the car and reading or returning phone calls or list making or just thinking while I wait for him. It's 30 minutes of quiet for me and that's exciting too!
Here he is on his first day of what he likes to call "big boy school".
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