We met with the assessment folks at the county's intermediate school district for an evaluation on Henry. After two hours of assessment, evaluation, questions, and observations, the result was that Henry -- at 12 months old chronologically -- is at about a 9-month level for motor skills and 2-4 months for social/behavioral.
This essentially means that my one-year-old son is approximately at the same developmental level as a 2-4 month old infant, which explains why he's calmed down more readily by cradling and rocking as well as a lack of mimicry, self-initiated communication, and reciprocal play.
That's a hard pill to swallow.
But we were concerned enough as parents to get him checked out. It wasn't good news, but it's better than just hanging back in denial and hoping that he "gets better" on his own, and letting this persist for more time. Time that could be better spent getting him the help that we all need to get him up to speed.
So metal!
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