Thoughtful Keepsakes

We received the test results from Camille’s evaluation last week. She scored extremely well in all areas except one. We got several pages of written reports (kind of neat to read through actually) with a chart on one of the final pages. It gives the area tested, age equivalent in months, percentile rank and z score (indicating standard deviation from the mean). Here is how she did:

Personal Social = 33 age equivalent – 69% - +.50
Adaptive = 36 age equivalent – 83% - +.95
Overall Motor = 34 age equivalent – 75% - +.68
Gross Motor = 43 age equivalent – 94% - +1.56
Fine Motor = 32 age equivalent – 64 - +.36
Receptive Language = 46 age equivalent – 98% - +2.05
Expressive Language = 42 age equivalent – 92% - +1.40
Cognitive = 43 age equivalent – 94% - +1.56

All of that looks really good, huh? She even scored well in the language categories. However, that only measures how she receives and expresses language. Not how well it is understood by others. In the report it states, “Camille named the pictures that were presented to her and her speech responses were analyzed according to accuracy of production. She had 54 errors in 77 possible responses, which yielded a standard score of 70, a percentile rank of 9, and an age equivalent of less than 2 years.”

I made a little video of her saying her ABC’s and “Dear Jesus”. At mealtimes we always say the blessing and Camille has adopted this one prayer as her very own. She says the same thing every time so it’s a good example of her everyday speech. I particularly notice the “s” sound. She sucks in the “s” instead of blowing out.

Dear Jesus,
Thank you for Mommy, Daddy, Easton, Camille and Baby Claire.
Help us to have a good night’s sleep. Amen.