Hello! Tonite was our parent-teacher conference with Gracie's teacher Mr. Mike and all her therapists were there too! It went very well....they talked about her future with reading...which is so exciting to think she may be able to read someday!
I know she loves books and for us to read them to her and look at the pics and such but how cool for her to be able to read to herself and get that enjoyment from a book! Mr. Mike said that they are working on "sight words" right now...such as the, and, a, is, etc. And out of the 8 she recognizes 7 of the words! So they thought this to be a great sign that she will be able to read!!!!!
Her speech therapist is now working with her on a new communicative device...the Dynavox device Gracie was using broke...ooops! Apparently they were working with her the other day and she didn't want to do what they wanted her to so she threw it off the table and...yep, it broke...not good considering these are $8,000 (yes thousand not hundred dollar) communication devices!
There is no such thing as inexpensive when it comes to special needs equipment. I guess she chose a different way to communicate with them this time...I think they got the hint! Her physical therapist says she is doing well and gave us some new exercises to work on at home for strenghtening her torso and arms...she hates these but they work. Overall it was a good conference....her therapists and teachers are proud of her progress! And so are we! :-)
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Friday, February 1, 2008
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