Today was also Alison's annual IEP review. It was pretty straightforward, since the only thing it deals with is her physical therapy. She will continue to receive the same amount of physical therapy services as she has for the last year....once a week for 30-45 minutes. She has exhibited mastery of all but one gross motor skill through age 2 1/2 -- she cannot walk on her toes -- and scattered skills in the 2 1/2 to 4 age range. Most of the skills that she is having trouble with are balance related -- standing on one foot, hopping on one foot, standing in "1st position," stuff like that -- so we will be focusing our efforts on strengthening her leg muscles and improving her balance.

Even though we know that Alison is able to do so much more than she should be able to do, and even though we know that she is still not a typical child, it's still somewhat depressing to see how hard she has worked and how hard she tries and she is still lagging behind. But we'll keep working!