I started this blog hoping to inspire other parents to help their children with Down syndrome reach for the sky! My daughter was reading words, before she was 2 years of age & reading books by 3.5 years. I believe kids with Down syndrome can do amazing things if we give them the right tools. I truly believe high expectations can make a tremendous difference in the lives of our children!
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Sunday, March 13, 2011
What we did then - What we do now Part 2
The other big recent change we have made is that K started a neurodevelopmental program with ICAN last fall. We had created our own program for her until then, but really felt an evaluation and a program made specifically for her would be even more beneficial. I won't talk about the details of her program because it is developed specifically for K, but we are pleased with her new program. I think the biggest changes we have noticed has been a very definite increase in her memory - up one full digit span ( Mom's assessment only) in only 4 months!
Do you think you could put in some links when you reference programs, especially those with acronyms? I don't know what ICAN is :(
ReplyDeleteOops.........full blog post on neurodevelopment to follow soon, but in the mean time, here is a link to ICAN:
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This page has a link to an online (free) seminar on neurodevelopment:
http://bcdsc.org/neurodevelopment.html
Hope that helps!
So you're saying neurodevelopment is worth the money?? WHEW! It's expensive.
ReplyDeleteFor us it really is worth the money ( and we are pretty cautious with our money. . I really think we saw a lot of benefits with our home made program, but her new program is so much more specialized to her specific needs.
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