Triumphs of 2013

kcisthebombdotcom · December 2013

What have been your SN child's accomplishments over the past year?

Dd has had joint attention since right before she turned two but in the context of highly preferred play activities. Her speech therapy has been routine based, mostly closed end, predictable activities with new ones gradually brought in to expand her play skills which she has done well with. Today at the end of therapy dd wasn't ready to quit playing. Her therapist was talking to me since we had to switch her schedule for next week and dd tried to get her attention. Her therapist asked her to wait for a second so she could finish up what she was saying. Dd then began hopping on her rody horse she got for christmas and intentionally fell off it to get her SLPs attention. Her SLP then made up a social game involving her new toy and dd mimicked, listened to and followed instructions, waited her turn, showed great joint attention and used her words. She ended up being 15 minutes late to her next appointment because she couldn't stop playing with dd. i was thinking back to the kid at her first evaluation a year and a half ago who shoved the toys in her mouth they showed her and put her head in my lap and cried when they asked her to do anything. We've come so, so far even though its tough to remember sometimes. I'm really excited to see what 2014 brings.

mommy0411 · December 2013

Ds1 began to talk this year! It has been amazing listening to his voice! We still have so far to go but I feel like we are finally making progress!

august06mom · December 2013

Ds2 loves his school and likes being around kids. Far cry from the running in the opposite direction he used to do.

JoJoGee · January 2014

There has been a lot to celebrate this year. In short...
-Independent sitting
-New interest in food.
-Trach removal.
-First wheelchair = Independent mobility.
-First words.

mightmom13 · January 2014

DD graduated PT and into orthotics

One of her behaviors (biting/hitting) has decreased per a LOT less incident reports from "school"

Complete sentences and well over her word count!

Doing activities during therapy for up to 5 minutes and occasionally at home

DD can actually get a little air when "jumping" now making her so much more confident

She has come a long way and so have I after just a year of EI and multiple dx and/or rule outs and/or possible dx - including DD enduring all of testing and procedures

lite-bright · January 2014

Learned to read over the summer.

Started mainstream kindergarten with minimal supports.

Didn't need a "book of friends" to remember names this year!

Is in a first-grade reading group!

Assembly_Reqd · January 2014

1. Will use the toilet when placed. Santa brought big boy underwear!

2. Is getting a lot better at going up and down stairs, but still prefers a hand hold.

3. Much more chatty and repeating more than one word or phrases.

4. I think we are ready to toss the sippy cups and bibs. Cup drinking is much more controlled.

5. The high chair has been retired.

thefuturemrskudla · January 2014

Potty trained
Learned to ride a tricycle
Flew cross country without any problem
Carries on conversations
Learned how to float on his back and graduated water safety class!

MaxandRuby · January 2014

Somewhat potty trained (typically goes when placed on the potty but doesn't really tell you if/when he has to go - so the adult with him has to watch the clock).

Speech has gotten clearer and I think we may not qualify for speech therapy services come their next evaluation.

Getting better at walking in the walker. Scissors a lot but has started to figure out turning corners even though the wheels are locked so he can only go forward in a straight line. Asks for his walker sometimes too. :-)

Ever so slowly getting better at wheelchair skills but we have a long way to go. He can (I think) get into it basically on his own!

Can pedal a tricycle on his own!

Is starting to side sit and long sit and get in and out of those positions on his own. :-)

d.f · January 2014

Survived Kindergarten transition, it was touch and go for a while. I wondered if he'd need a less inclusive environment (currently mainstreamed 91% of the time) but he pulled it together.

Writes his name and most other capitals with modeling

Attempting to sound out words

His back and forth conversation skills have blossomed

He's so much better at small social things like getting your attention before talking to you and turn taking.

His pretend play and problem solving skills are so much better

Starting to be more assertive.

Junebug060609 · January 2014

It was about this time last year (@15 mos) that I began to have concerns about DS. At the time I thought it was just a speech delay....

Since his inital developmental eval in June, he has gone from humming only to making a variety of noises and even some words. He has about 30 words, including a bunch of two word phrases and a few sentences. His receptive language has skyrocketed as well. He follows some important commands (get down, sit down, no touch).

His eye contact, imitative play and general engagement in the word around him has improved hugely.

Thank you for this thread. Ive been struggling feeling like he has stalled and we arent seeing improvement...when actually he has come a long way.

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