Falling into Place

We have got great news!!!! Our amazing FRC found us a speech therapist in Federal Way who has an immediate opening for Little Bug on her roster. She uses the PROMPT method of teaching- which is basically a serious of rapid prompts to get a child to complete a specific task- speech, dressing, self soothing, etc. Our FRC is referring us and *hopefully* we should hear something soon.

Yesterday we meet Little Bug's Autism Education teacher and got the schedule for that- she will be doing a home visit on Mondays and Little Bug will be doing in center on Wednesdays. The point of this is to get Little Bug to be able to take skills from the center and apply them at home. I am not sure what this entails exactly or what we will be working on.

We should be getting his goals for playgroup shortly. I know one thing he will need to work on is receptive language- i.e. understanding what is being said to him. I have to say, this is a bit overwhelming because we are doing the best we can. I know that they will give us lots of tips and tricks.

On the upside, while days are becoming more and more packed with therapies, Little Bug will be getting the help he needs. This is really exciting and I am hoping that we will see a lot of progress. The only piece left is Occupational Therapy.

To keep track of his progress, I thought I would document what he can say and sign at this point in time. This will let us check in and see how he is progressing.

Spoken Words:
Ma
Da
Bubble
Do- dog
La- water
Bo- boat
diddy- kitty
Des- Pleiades- MA's dog
No
Go
Yup!

Sign:
My Turn
Together
More
Eat
Drink
Go
Sleep
Bath
Potty
Cat
Dog
Cow
Horse
Duck
Bird
Fish
Milk
Apple
Cereal
Boat
Water
Mom
Dad
Please
Thanks
Help
Ball
Baby
Caterpillar
Sign
Time
Shoes
Socks
Diaper
Car
Train