We ♥ Speech Therapy!

This is Campbell's Speech and Language Pathologist, Mrs. Susan.  She has worked with Campbell for the past year and we have seen amazing growth in Campbell's language. This week she re-evaluated Campbell's speech and language and the difference from last year to this year is AMAZING!

This time last year, Campbell said 2 words "hi" and "Daddy".  She couldn't point to pictures of familiar objects, identify body parts, or imitate words.

This year, Campbell has a vocabulary of approximately 300 words and can string sentences with 4 to 5 words.  She talks, and talks, and talks...

Here is a comparison of her scores:  

Last year's age equivalence: 

Receptive Language- 10 months  Expressive Language- 11 months

This year's age equivalence: 

Receptive Language- 2 years, 8 months  Expressive Language- 2 years, 9 months

That is a growth of 22 months!!!!!!!!

Last year's standard scores (average scores are between 85 and 115):  

Receptive Language- 76  Expressive Language-  83 

This year's standard scores (average scores are between 85 and 115):

Receptive Language- 114  Expressive Language- 114

Important note about the standard scores:  

Last year we adjusted for her prematurity so she was compared to peers 3 months younger.  If we had compared her scores last year to her actual age peers, her scores would have been even lower.  This year we didn't do that so she was compared to peers her actual age.  So, the difference in scores is really even bigger than what we see!

Way to go, Campbell!  What a testament to the value of early intervention and quality speech therapy!  We decided that we will continue with speech therapy but instead of weekly, she'll be seen twice per month.  This is to monitor and make sure she maintains this progress, to continue to build upon skills, and to address some articulation difficulties Campbell has.