Today was a Jocie-focused day. I took her this morning for a speech evaluation by the public school system. She has always been a little difficult to understand, and we have such an atypical point of comparison - Ava was speaking in paragraphs before the age of 2 and was ALWAYS very clear in her speech - that we just wanted to have Jocelyn evaluated to make sure she's where she should be. She did absolutely awesome! The audiologists were amazed how quickly Jocelyn breezed through the hearing test. She stayed focused and completed the tasks asked of her immediately. They said she did better than many kids they see twice her age! Then she spoke with a child psychologist and finally a speech pathologist. The overall decision was that while she certainly still has a ways to go, Jocelyn is within the normal range of where she should be, and with continued help and monitoring from us she should progress fine.
It was so interesting watching Jocelyn around so many other adults. Everyone was so impressed with how mature she behaved and how sociable she was. I see her interact with me, her sisters, and her same-age friends, but rarely in the kind of setting where she's asked to really communicate with adults. She really is growing into quite the young lady, and I was so glad to have the chance to see that firsthand.
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