On paper is looks like Graham failed his testing and that he is regressing, but in reality he isn't. There are a lot of things that he CAN do, it just boils down to whether or not he wants to do it. Which is frustrating because we all know he can do these things and more, but he just isn't a willing participant.
For the last three years we have been trying so hard to get Graham out of his little bubble and participating with play and other things. But it has been a complete challenge with both his therapists and I. I have even asked his pediatrician about possibly going to a behavioral therapist, but his doctor seemed to not really want to pursue it saying ''Oh he's young, he'll grow out of this.'' But now both his occupational and speech therapists have come to me saying that due to his behavior set backs it is keeping him from moving forward in his current therapies and other necessary/beneficial therapies that he could also receive from the facility.
At this point Graham isn't regressing which is good, because this is something that I worry about constantly. But he isn't progressing either, he's just kind of stuck in this median. Rebecca his speech pathologist and I have both agreed that no matter how hard you push, Graham is just so smart that he pushes back just as hard. He is just so stubborn sometimes and it can be extremely frustrating -he even frustrates himself sometimes!
Rebecca has decided to call his doctor though and discuss this issue further. I'm glad because I will have someone else on my side who feels that pursuing the behaviorist would be the step in the right direction. Either way I hope that we all can come up with some middle ground and somehow over come this little hiccup. He has come so far and early intervention has been a huge factor in our success too. I just hope that we can get through this.
-Annie
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