Speech Update

This morning while dropping off something in the school office, Janae's speech teacher, Mrs. Hodge, stopped me and wanted to let me know that Janae has mastered all the goals listed on her IEP we set in February! She said that Janae still needs work on her "r" blends, mainly the middle and ending sounds, and instead of calling and having me come in for a meeting to tell me this, she just wanted to tell me today.  She also said that we could have put the "r" blends on her IEP list at the annual meeting, but she really didn't think that it was necessary - meaning she didn't think that Janae would have mastered every goal before this coming February.

Mrs. Hodge is sooo pleased with Janae's progress.  She started working with Janae in Summer Speech Camp in June 2012 and has then been her therapist ever since she started kindergarten. Mrs. Hodge made the comment that when she first started working with Janae in 2012, she thought "oh boy, this is going to be a long road for Janae."  I guess Janae had quite a few letter blend sounds that needed working on, and if you have that many, then it takes a while to work through them.  But Mrs. Hodge said it seems that something just clicked in Janae, and she has progressed extremely well!  Janae can also tell when she doesn't say something correct and then works on saying it properly, which I guess not all speech kids notice when they don't say something correct.

I am so thankful for all the help Janae has received in improving her speech since the age of 2 1/2.  I'm pretty sure that she will miss her speech therapy sessions once she is finally done as she has loved every minute of it :o)

Thanks to Mrs. Hodge, Miss Jennifer, Miss Lori, and Kim!