by heather » Wed Jun 04, 2008 1:11 pm
I decided to write a letter to the Early Intervention program from the State of Illinois. After my son, Eyson, was denied services for speech therapy I thought it was well worth my time to let them know that my son didn't meet the 30% deficiency because he was to smart. I read the evaluation over and over again and kept fixating on the fact that the evaluator kept making mention about how he was an adorable little boy and that he was very good with him gross motor skills or that he followed any direction given to him. When it came to describing his speech ability, very little was said except that he was not performing up to his age level. I wrote my letter of disgust, tastefully written i might add, and demanded a proper evaluation, and within a month and a half I had a personal phone call from the organization wanting to know my concerns and offering me another evaluation with a different evaluator. Needless to say my persistence paid off and Eyson is scheduled for another evaluation this week. This time if he doesn't qualify for therapy then i really won't know what to do. He's now 19 months old and a vocabulary of one word, mama. Let's all hope that he gets the help he needs. Heather
Eyson Brentley Van Eycke
Born 11/8/06 UCL BCP