Speech update

I had written a few months ago but the boys' speech and how it was going.
On Thursday we had a meeting to decide if they would qualify for services once they turn three.  The process started in November and went a little like this:

We had a meeting at the house with the boys' case manager, early interventionalist, and the transition coordinator for Child Development Services.  We decided what the boys should be evaluated for and what the concerns were.  We determined that they would be observed at school by a special education teacher, have a speech evaluation and that Jack would be observed by an occupational therapist.
The speech evaluation took place at home over two days and we were mailed the report after it was completed.
We arrived at the CDS office the morning of the meeting and went into the conference room.
During the meeting we discussed two things, first any changes in the current plan and second what the plan would look like once the boys turned three.  It took about an hour and a half to get through Jack's portion of the meeting since we started with him.  Keaghan's went quicker because most of the concerns are the same and they will be receiving very similar services. I would say if I was there for only one child the meeting would have been just over an hour... because even while we were focusing on Jack for that first hour and a half, there were pieces about Keaghan interspersed.
The two downsides to the meeting for me were that the speech therapist was unable to attend but was able to teleconference but it seemed a little hurried, and that their preschool teachers did not attend at all.
The first thing we did once we got started was to change the boys plan so that the early interventionalist would attend preschool with the boys and coordinate with their teachers to create some extra opportunities for speech and use the other session she sees them to do some preteaching.
Starting in April when they turn three, they will have speech services at school in addition to a special education teacher being in the school with them.
This is just a brief overview and I will be able to add more once I have a copy of the IEP, but overall, it went really well and we will see how it goes once we get started.  Any questions send me a message!