19 Jul
Recently, I was hearing a report from Boy’s physical therapist that made me chuckle. She had tested him on some Peabody score markers, and wasn’t happy with his results.
Instead of kicking a ball, he throws it with both hands over his head.
He doesn’t throw overhand, only underhand.
He catches balls with both hands and clutches them [...]
18 Jan
As of last night, all the “annual” progress reports from IT Boy’s various therapist have arrived. I say “annual” because not everyone has been working with him for a full year, but his review is on the anniversary of him starting in Early Intervention, hence “annual”.
In any case, the news is good and the news [...]
11 Jan
When we first got IT Boy evaluated through EI about a year ago, we didn’t realize what kind of an adventure we had embarked on. As I have mentioned in previous posts, we started with PT, followed 4 months later with OT, and recently have started him working with a speech therapist. But let’s go back a little [...]
4 Jan
It’s been one year, give or take a week or so, since the Boy started his therapy regimen to battle hypotonia. This week, he’s had evaluations with his OT and PT to review where he is and where he should be. It’s encouraging, and it’s not. He’s made significant gains in some areas, but you [...]
24 Dec
As we proceed into a world of 3 therapists giving IT Boy a total of 6 sessions a week, I’ve decided that the purpose of therapy is to teach him the things we will later scream at him for doing. For instance…
1. Socks – one of the first things his OT taught him was to [...]
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