Background

A little background - Coco was developing normally even when she was at 15 months. She was able to drink from a juice box or any straw at 10 months. Walking at 14 months, babbling around that same time. We all thought she was going to speak any time then. We started to notice something wrong at around 18 months when her grandma reported that she has her own program and plays by herself at a corner all the time. That plus the fact that she started to tip toe and flap her hands at the same time when she sees something that excites her. Really, what program can a baby have? She also ignors all calls to her name, with no response of any kind. My husband and I thought she was deaf. Subsequently through out the following next month and a half, we took her to hearing tests 3 times for confirmation. Negative. We spoke to her pediatrician and she told us to get to the early intervention program. That was at 20 months.

Initial services started in April 2010. She was allocated 2x 30 min speech therapy (ST), 1x 30min physical therapy (PT) and x times SI. In June, she was diagnosed with PDD. Services were increased to 4x 30 min ST, 1/mo family traning and 10 hrs ABA.