Dear OT, My son absolutely can and does reach across midline, on a regular basis, spontaneously during regular play. Oh. You need proof, eh? Here is Parker bearing weight on his left hand while crossing his midline with his right hand to correctly place the puzzle piece. And the reverse: And, yes, my son can…
Category Archives: Day In And Day Out
Try This Tuesday #2: Getting a Response
Thank you so much to everyone who left comments and posted their tips on our first Try This Tuesday last week. There were so many great ideas to learn from; I especially liked the idea from Carol Russell about having her son sing songs to measure his timeout – we will definitely be trying this…
A Train Unit
Vocabulary Signs: Train Train Sounds: TRAIN SOUNDS Circle Time/Opening Song/Poem/Fingerplay: “Trains” Here’s a little choo-choo train Chugging down the track Now it goes forward Now it goes back Now the whistle blows Whooooo, Whooooooo! What a lot of noise it makes Everywhere it goes Chooo-chooo-chooo! The train comes running back. Fingerplay: This is a choo-choo…
Not coping with his coping style
Madeline was diagnosed with Tourettes Syndrome, ADHD, and OCD at the age of eight with me and my husband at her side. It’s been two years since that day and my husband has yet to let the word Tourettes pass through his lips. We never talk about it and I’m sad about that. We have…
The Trouble With Birthday Parties
My son has been invited to several birthday parties in the past few months, most of which were for children from his preK class. A year ago, I would have hesitated to take him, knowing that he would spend most of his time playing by himself or having a meltdown from all the activity, but…
The Power of Music
Music is an integral part of our family. My husband is a musician by profession, so for as long as we’ve been together our house has been full of the sounds of flamenco, jazz, rock, and classical music. It was no surprise then that our children took to music like ducks to water. For Zoe,…
Walking Forward
My day started as usual. Waking up as my husband made his way to his summer job. Reed works a second job during the summer in order to make ends meet. Well, actually making ends meet is a bit optimistic. More like trying his best to lessen the ever widening gap between what we have…
The Last To Blink
I am a very positive person and almost always see my glass as half full. I don’t mind a challenge, especially when it comes to the rights of my children with disabilities. My first approach is to be pleasant and professional, but I have no problem going toe to toe. And I promise you, I…
Working The Chewy Tube
Parker has been totally g-tube fed for the last year now. Before that Pediasure found it’s way to Parker’s belly via an ng-tube. While this has (theoretically) solved the problem of getting enough calories a day into our guy, it also created a new issue. How was Parker going to learn to eat. You know….
It’s Fun to Learn at the YMCA
Mac sits at the kitchen table staring out the window, ignoring his school work, existing in another world. Suddenly he turns and looks at me with a smile. "Mom, my seizure is over." "What?" "You know how lots of times I sit and stare into space. That’s a seizure." "Where did you learn about seizures?"…