drop-in art class?

Live in Austria for a year. Visit Asia. Get DD6 functioning to a level that she has whatever opportunities she wants. Visit all the major US Landmarks. ... and more travel, and more travel, and more travel.

If you can get an official diagnosis, you can maybe get him qualified for Learning Ally and/or Bookshare. That would offer him audiobooks as an option to traditional books sometimes. I also have been liking Whispersync on the Kindle. She can hear the book and read the book simultaneously on her Kindle. I am not experienced enough to say if the fluency will ever get better... but I can say that I know many, many successful dyslexics. Some use methods like text-to-audio converters to functional to their highest capacity in a workplace, some don't.

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Someone sent me Lids 'n' Lizards recently; she's been liking that.

To me, the issue is that if someone is bringing this a gun into my house, I do not have any way of knowing it's there, short of actually asking every visitor "are you carrying a gun or weapon of any kind today?" I find it hard to relate the idea of being upset by someone bringing a weapon into my house that I am unaware of to swimming pools - I can see the pool, I can assess the danger, I can make a decision for myself and my children. However, if someone is choosing to bring a gun into my house without informing me, they've taken away my choice, they've taken away my right to make a decision about what's best for myself and my children. Again, I have no problem whatsoever with CC or even open carry - my problem comes when I'm not given the opportunity to make a decision about whether I want a gun in my house.

I don't have a problem with CC. I actually don't have a problem with open carry, either. I grew up around guns - my grandfather was a cop. Many of my friends CC and have guns in their house, around kids. That's fine with me. That's their comfort level. But I'm personally uncomfortable with my kids around guns. I don't feel that they have the exposure level to guns to fully respect them and be safe anywhere around them. So, my friends that CC lock their guns in their trunks before coming over to my house. My friends who keep unlocked guns in their homes lock them before we come over. IMHO, it's just mutual respect.

I've met their head therapist, and I do know the pricing structure (although, obviously, there will be some variation based on what exactly she needs). I went to the DS's vision exam this year (he was a goofball and failed the vision screening at his pediatrician!), so we got to meet him. Seems like all vision therapy (at least around here) is pricey.

Our developmental vision exam is finally coming up in a few weeks - we've been waiting for quite a while (wait lists in this area are just crazy!). What do I want to make sure to ask? What should I know going in?

We're workin' at it!! It's so hard for her - in 80 seconds, she can only name 6-10 objects/colors. But, practice makes perfect.

Usually between $7 and $10, depending on the bill (which is between $20 and $30, generally).

We only had a few tests done, I don't see word retrieval on any of them, unless it's hiding somewhere I'm not seeing it?

Yeah, her rapid naming is her "most significant" weakness, per her testing. We're slogging through colored dots.

I'm going to gently suggest that before you invest the $300 into your deductible, take a few days and plug away with reading "The Out of Sync Child". Honestly. It just makes things so much more clear when dealing with SPD. And it'll give you the tools in your toolbox to be able to discuss with your OT what you want and what you can do at home to make this program work for you. It's, like, $8-something on Amazon, you can buy the Kindle Version and read it on your computer. See if it resonates with you.. see if any of the ideas are things you can apply at home. Jot down ideas from the book for your DC's sensory diet, and see if the OT agrees or has alternatives.... And have a talk with your OT about what you want to see, and if it's possible. It never, ever hurts (IMHO) to tell your therapist what you want as an outcome - I've never had one freak out about that. They just respond with what's possible, and we find a balance.

I think I'm going to buy a math book, just to use as a scope and sequence. Then pull out games/manipulatives/whatever I can find to make the topics in the scope and sequence "real" to her. Plus, that'll be easy to add review, we'll just add games or ideas we've used into our rotation of things to review occasionally. Also, thinking pre-K DD will be able to tag along with a lot of this.

Yes, when we're working on something that's particularly taxing to her (recently, it's been the working memory on Hearbuilder). She says her head's hurt and she's exhausted - generally she then falls asleep for a while.... I think it's hard work, rewiring all those brain connections and whatnot...

just going to throw out there that my DS (2E) has been in OT, expensive OT, and many, many things done for his sensory processing disorder (which he does have). However, he still shows symptoms of ADHD, which we may have to begin treating in the near future (they're getting worse as he gets older). My (wonderful, has been with us since DS was 19 months old, fabulous, worth every penny OT) has said to me numerous times that while it's possible for SPD to be misdiagnosed as ADHD, it's also possible that they co-exist. It's certainly not a one-or-the-other proposition. We do a lot (most) of his work on OT at home. For us, that's a huge part of it - maintaining a daily input of a sensory diet that gives him enough stimulation (his sensory system is under-responsive) that he can function. I'm a big fan of having an OT - when something's not working, she can change things up. When he outgrows the ONLY style of socks he can wear and we can't find a replacement, she can help. When his SPD was impacting his handwriting, she was a huge help. We did listening therapy with her, in office. But the bulk of the work, for us, was done at home. If I remember correctly, we did see her multiple times a week in the beginning - but DS was not even 2, and his issues were very specific (oral motor weakness and oral aversions). Things I'd ask: - why they are doing multiple sessions a week - will they be training you or showing you things to do with your DC at home to help SPD - what type of sensory symptoms are they seeing, specifically, that they'll be working on (there's a huge range)

This makes me sad, because I literally just pressed "order" on a pair of Keen Bali Sandals... I'm wondering if I should cancel my order?

Would this work for letter/phoneme sounds, by chance?

set up an icloud account. enable iCloud Photo Library (not photostream - photostream only stores the last 30 days worth of photos). Set up iCloud Drive if there are irreplaceable documents. Create a backup into iCloud. They can always call Apple and ask for help with creating an iCloud backup, and APple Tech Support will help them. :)

1980-something thunderbird (this is when I was a sophomore in college, so 2003). It was given to my parents... it broke down about two hours away from home and wasn't worth repairing...

This is what I see most likely as a problem, if in fact any problems do arise. Clergy won't be able to preform weddings, but only to convalidate them (not sure what that term is in other denominations, sorry!).