ATEC

ATEC is a tool that basically helps determine how impaired the child is. I have done this three times and it shows how much my kids are improving. The lower the ATEC score the better. There is a link to this on left. You just need to scroll down to get to the form. When you fill it out, your results are immediately emailed to you.

Erin

Her first ATEC in February scored a 62. Then, after putting her on the GFCF diet in April I redid the ATEC in July. Her score was a 9! That was the only intervention I had done for her at that time. This is one reason it drives me nuts when people say the diet doesn't work. It was what basically recovered her. I just redid the test again today and her score has improved to a 3! Even typical kids can score in the lower numbers with "0" being the "most typical child". (whatever that is!)

Reece

Reece's first ATEC score was a 67. When I redid it in July he improved to a 53. When I redid the test today he scored a 36!

It's great to have a way to assess their improvements. It lets you know you are on track on making gains. Sometimes it feels like you are just stuck in one place and this shows you that you aren't.

Okay, I redid this test today (9/15/09)and Reece's score went up to a 50. The reason for this I believe is the age change. He is much more social, saying some words and playing correctly with toys. He is making great gains so I am not worried about the number going up. I will just see what happens when I redo this test again.

1/21/10 Redid Reece's ATEC and he is back to a 36. His increased speech and social behavior along with his now being potty trained to at least pee int he potty helped lower his score. He is doing great!

10/10/10 I just redid the ATEC and Reece is now a 30! We are getting there!!!