Tag: communication
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January Gratitude & Some Viewing
To the ASPCA Animal Poison Control staff and toxicologist, the Blue Pearl Emergency Animal Hospital, and Dr. M with the Fabulous staff at our Vet’s office: Thank you. Hannah’s precious Bandit, mischievous and usually very loving, doesn’t thank you. He’s not fond of vets, hospitalizations, medicines, tests, or anything like them- so he’s still very…
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A Year of Gifts
So much of the gift giving in our communities is concentrated and condensed into days of prescribed celebration. But some of the best presents have trickled in bit by bit this past year, oft ill-wrapped by other circumstances and generally unannounced by fanfare, tags, or cards. Perhaps they are small compared to what some would…
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December Gratitude & Some Reading
A few notes for little moments with big impacts I do not really know any of the three individuals my gratitude notes are dedicated to this month, though I do pass by a couple of them regularly when we are out doing public therapy. Each of them has shined kindness on our circumstances over the…
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“I Don’t Like It”
And no, I’m not talking about the La Usurpadora reboot. Although if I were to be asked, I’d have to confess to thinking that Gabriela Spanic was pretty iconic as the twins in the production she starred in, and therefore no other Paola need apply. Sadly, as much as I’d rather be talking about plot…
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Let’s Talk About Speech, Part 2
As we stroll through this second week of discussion about speech therapy for Tony, I want you to keep something very important in mind: Ms. B deserves just as much loving picture wise as every other therapist who works with Tony. This post however, is going to be lighter in pics than some of the…
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Let’s Talk About Speech, Part 1
I have discovered that when people with typically verbal family members think about speech therapy, most assume that it exclusively involves the process of teaching appropriate verbal speech. This certainly can be the case, but when an individual isn’t capable of producing vocal sounds or putting them together in ways recognizable to others, the approach…
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When More Strikes: Get a Theme Song & a Plan
I can’t tell you that I have the answers to all of my problems (or yours for that matter), because that would be a lie. But I can tell you what I do to face an ever expanding siege of crises. Seriously sometimes it’s like my problems are breeding faster then cockroaches and I am…
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OT Update & Backstory
As I mentioned in last week’s post, Tony doesn’t react to all losses in his life the same. Nearly a year and a half ago, we moved some of Tony’s therapy services to our side of town. At the time, we were able to find clinics that could provide both occupational therapy and speech therapy…
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Tony’s Halloween
Hey guys! Happy (late) Halloween!!! I hope you enjoyed your holiday and weren’t driven insane by trick-or-treaters pestering you for candy. Although there are a few different ways to celebrate Halloween, many people celebrate by: Going trick-or-treating or taking their kids trick-or-treating Going to Halloween parties Watching a Halloween movie Dressing up Handing out candy…
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The Learning Game
From where we left off on last week’s post, you can see that Tony has what are called “highly splintered skills.” This means that he’s doing much better in some areas than others. Currently, the gross motor skills we talked about last week are not the highest functioning domain for our little man. Tony’s highest…