What to Do Wednesday: Your EI Kiddo Doesn't Seem to Have Significant Delays Anymore

𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘰:
You’ve been working with a kiddo, they’ve been making great progress, and meeting all their goals. You come to a point where the child is developmentally appropriate and you as the therapist no longer has any concerns.

So your EI kiddo is doing fantastic 🤩🎉 woo hoo! Go team! Now what?

Well, our Early Intervention program is for kiddo’s 0-3 with significant delay. That means that if my kiddo is not 3 yet, they can technically remain in the program up until their third birthday (unless they qualified under informed clinical opinion - different rules there) *even* if the therapist no longer identifies significant delays.

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘆.

Even if the kiddo has met all goals and I as the therapist no longer have concerns, the family can choose to still stay in the program.
Sometimes our families have a hard time letting us go and I get it. They love the support and some parents even want their child to continue getting therapy to “get ahead”. These can be tough conversations to navigate and we’ll have to save that for a future #WTDW but for now let’s keep it simple.

𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 (𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳) 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵!

This is one of my favorite scenarios ever because it means that my team and I have done our job, the family has had excellent carryover, and my little one has been a total rockstar 💪👶 At the end of the day, we’re there to support the family which means laying out *all* the options and talking through each one so we can them help make the best decision for their family ❤️

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒌𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒐’𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕? 𝑯𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒖𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎?