I got a note home from Gabe's school ST. She said he is struggling with answering "where" questions and questions pertaining to a story that was just read. Gabe does struggle with this A LOT!!! So I got a brilliant idea. I programmed Gabe's AAC device to have different aspects to a story that I was planning on reading at bedtime. I read the story and he answered every single question with his talker!! Wow....it's amazing how well he did when he had picture prompts in front of him. He even made complete sentences using his talker..."The cat drank the milk", "He went under the ocean" Gabe doesn't talk in complete sentences....so it was great to see him make them on his talker. I did have to do some prompting to get him to use the, he, etc. It's a start. We are going to read the same book tonight...this time I am not going to do as much prompting.
I also talked to the AT team at AI duPont. The speech therapist there is going to do a complete AAC evaluation with Gabe to address his word retrieval and pragmatic language issues. I hope we can get in soon. I am so excited. I should hear from them on Thursday or Friday. YAY!! We have been using P2G with great success...it's time to think about a device that can do more. Don't get me wrong...We LOVE proloquo2go. It's a wonderful aac device...and very portable. It's worth every penny. But I would like to get some solid answers from an AAC evaluator with an SLP/CCC degree. I can't wait to go to duPont.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Sunday, March 7, 2010
"Don't you think it's time....
....for Gabe to give up his nunny (pacifier)" My mom says to me the other day. Gabe just turned 5 and now it seems that everyone who "understood" why Gabe still used a pacifier thinks we need to break the habit. I agree, it does look silly that my five year old is walking around with a nunny. But for now...he needs it...a lot!
Yesterday my mom took Gabe bowling. He went with three of his cousins and a few family friends. Gabe has been bowling two other times. Both times he struggled to stay with the game. But he was 3 and just 4 when we went. I thought now that he is five (it's a magic age) he will do just fine.
I told Gabe no nunny when you bowl. When Grandma came to get him he willingly placed nunny on the table and quickly ran to get in Grandma's car. Honestly I was impressed. "Go Gabe!"
About an hour later my mom calls me...."Never, ever, ever let me leave your house without a nunny!" HA....not ha that Gabe was having a hard time...but HA because now it became very clear to my mom why Gabe still needs his nunny.
The poor kid went into sensory overload. He chewed his sleeve to a wet soppy mess, rolled all over the floor, cried easily, and just couldn't stay focused to bowl.
Once again....nunny stays!
Yesterday my mom took Gabe bowling. He went with three of his cousins and a few family friends. Gabe has been bowling two other times. Both times he struggled to stay with the game. But he was 3 and just 4 when we went. I thought now that he is five (it's a magic age) he will do just fine.
I told Gabe no nunny when you bowl. When Grandma came to get him he willingly placed nunny on the table and quickly ran to get in Grandma's car. Honestly I was impressed. "Go Gabe!"
About an hour later my mom calls me...."Never, ever, ever let me leave your house without a nunny!" HA....not ha that Gabe was having a hard time...but HA because now it became very clear to my mom why Gabe still needs his nunny.
The poor kid went into sensory overload. He chewed his sleeve to a wet soppy mess, rolled all over the floor, cried easily, and just couldn't stay focused to bowl.
Once again....nunny stays!
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