PP receives home-school services from a program called ECSE (Early Childhood Special Education). It is provided by the MPLS School District. During the week, various people from our team come to the house and play with PP for an hour. We talk a lot about developmental milestones and different ways we can help PP achieve them. That involves various activities, including putting a ball in a shape sorter or drinking from a straw. Every week they give me some sort of homework to do with PP like using her walker and braces or sign language. She's been doing it since she was a little baby!
PP's teacher was very impressed by her ability to sign some ASL during a visit! She signed "all done" and "more." We have been working on using signs with PP for a very long time now, since she about 3 months old. Knowing that one of the characteristics of Weaver's syndrome is delayed speech and then slurred speech, I figured I could teach her how to communicate a different way until she can use her words. She likes it! Her vocabulary grows gradually over time, but at this point I can sign simple sentences to her that she understands. ASL is a really valuable tool to our family!
Who taught Mama Lace, you ask? I work at a group home and one of my clients is deaf. She is one of the coolest people I've ever met and she teaches me new signs all the time!
Physical therapy is always an interesting visit for PP. The therapist is so good with her, and she does push PP to the limit, but I always look forward to Thursdays! This week, PP is supposed to work on using her walker outside! We took it for a spin this week, and PP loved it, so that's what we will work on until the next Thursday rolls along!
Times UP!
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