Graduated from EI

Jesse has been in Early Intervention (EI) for delays since he was 9 months old. He was 50% delayed in all areas of speech and language. He barely spoke by the time he was 18 months, but after his 2nd surgery for craniosynostosis, his speech just took off. In fact, 2 days after surgery was when he first called me "mama" and actually knew what he was saying. Before that it was just sounds.

Today was his last day of school for EI. He is no longer delayed in any areas, so he no longer qualifies for services. When doing the speech & language evaluation, the speech therapist stops once the student misses 5 of the questions. Jesse made it all the way to the questions at the 5 year 5 1/2 month old level! He is at the 92nd percentile, which means only 8% of kids his age are more advanced.

So proud of him. He has come so far!