It has officially begun. Not summer, yet, but our break from autism therapies. I felt like they were handing us the Golden Ticket when Logan’s OT said, “You guys need to have a break. Enjoy the summer together as a family and don’t worry about therapies. You deserve it.” Ten
Dr. Seuss books were probably some of my favorites as a kid! I loved snuggling up with my parents as they would read me tales of the Cat in the Hat or The Grinch. Dr. Seuss has written so many classic stories, and as a parent myself, I wanted to
There are many reasons to do speech therapy at home with your child. You may have homework to do or insurance may have denied coverage as they did for us when Logan was younger. How do you come up with at home speech therapy practice for kids who are tired of
My 15-year-old son’s Beginning Engineering teacher was concerned when he addressed me today. “He was the speaker today for his group presentation for their CAD project, and he really had a hard time getting through it. His stuttering really tripped him up today. It’s not usually this bad. Of course, I
He met them at 7:30 in the morning, at a local golf course. The whole group is going to a low ropes team-building course, and my husband was invited to go along. We’ve been missing him, our 14 year old, and he’s not even been gone for a week. Being
“When was the last time you guys took a break from therapies?” His OT asked me this question, and I hadn’t really thought about it before. “Never,” I replied, “we’ve been at this 2-3 times a week for 10 years.” Wow. The realization hit me pretty hard after I said
D1 is in his final two weeks of Speech/OT “Social Group”. He’s been going for 45 minutes each Friday. He has been approved to start full OT again, and the OT and SLP are going to change things up once school starts. There is another boy in his group, a
A week ago, D1 was re-evaluated for OT. She didn’t tell me the results right off, but we know his sensory profile is indicative, and she both did observation while he had speech therapy, and then did some things with him herself. He began a Speech/OT summer group on Friday,
D1’s IEP expires today. He will go to Resource today, and speech, and then we are done with the public school system. Yesterday I called the pediatrician about the OT Eval. recommendation again, actually for both of my boys this time. His private speech therapist is looking for a second
Is there a curriculum for teaching kids with Apraxia? This question was posted by Amy: My 9 year old son that was diagnosed with apraxia of speech at the age of 3. Many therapists and doctors later, a number of opinions have been expressed as to the cause of his