Sunday, December 13, 2009

Alex Graduates

Last week Alex had his graduation from ECI (Early Childhood Intervention). They are a government service that provide help and assistance to children from birth to age three. Since Alex turns three before his next visit, he was up for his graduation.

He was first tested for a speech and language delay last year a month before Sarah was born. At 22 months he said and signed approximately 10 words. Now he is speaking in sentences and can tell us what he wants and is feeling. He has had a language explosion. With the help of ECI and his speech and language pathologist, Beverly Carroll, he has just taken off and we couldn't be more excited to now understand what some of his needs and wants are. They have come once a month for the past year and have shown us how we can incorporate ideas into normal routines or play in order to get the most of the language experience. It has truly been an amazing blessing in our life to have Beverly come to help with Alex. The knowledge that I gained by working with Alex will help for all our children and any future children that we have. Here are a few pictures from Alex's "graduation".





3 comments:

123 checkoutourfamily said...

Yay for Alex!!!

4Girls4Me said...

Wow - he looks like such a big boy all of a sudden! He's so cute! Hooray for graduation! :)

Barbi by the Sea said...

So much fun seeing him building, and creating. He really does do a great job. Congratulations to Alex on his graduation. He has certainly become a "chatter box" and I love the way he puts his words together. What a wonderful little lad. Love him so much.