Folks,
Holly is our speech therapist at the Loyola Clinic. She sent over some progress notes to us that we thought were noteworthy! If you are in the DC area and have a kid with developmental speech delays the Loyola Clinic is the BEST!
Anyways, here are her notes:
* At first Madeleine was resistant to signs and would become stiff when I took her hands to make the signs. Now, she lets me make the signs easily, looks at me when I'm making the signs, and looks at her hands as I am helping her make the signs. This shows that she is starting to understand that the signs are meaningful and convey information. Also, her sign for "more" is coming along incredibly!
* Madeleine also seems to wave "hi" and "bye" with very minimal or no prompting. She waves when she sees herself in the mirror, showing she understands the context in which to use the gesture.
* Madeleine is also improving with choosing objects when given two choices. Today, when I held out two animals and asked her to choose one, she looked at both and reached for one two times. The other times she was able to reach for an object when I gave her more motor stability. I assisted her in holding her arm to help control her movements, and with the additional support she moved her arm toward the direction of the desired object.
* The variety and frequency of Madeleine's vocalizations has also dramatically increased since the start of therapy. I have heard her produce "b, p, d, g/k" and several other sounds like tongue and lip raspberries. This variation is great because some children get caught up in just one or two sounds, wheras Madeleine's utterances are varied. This variety of utterances is a great precursor to speech.
Pretty great huh?
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Congratulations on this great report card!!! These are not small accomplishments but HUGE! God is so good and my prayer continues to be that HE would renew your strength daily so that Madeleine will reap the benefit of all your wisdom and creative ways in teaching her both small and large motor skills.
I can see the curiosity in her for life when she hears her feet, the sparkle in her eyes when she reaches for an object and holds it, and of course that smile that melts my heart. What a Happy little "Miss".
Make life fun and enjoy her every accomplishment...you deserve it and she deserves the best parents....YOU GUYS!
Joyce Engelmann
Ok you 2. Tell the world how absolutely wonderful she was this past weekend while you and your brother were trying to challenge yourselves in the marathon.
She was eating like a horse, signing "more" to turn a toy back on, showing "so big" in a swing seat at the park, and crawled with assistance across the carpet. In fact, she moved more gracefully than her daddy did after the race. One most surprising change, she was jealous when visiting her friend Francis. Her papa and tema wouldn't trade her for the world. Thanks for letting us play together.-Love Mom (Kay)
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