quick update on Trisha

[Guest guest]

Trisha is doing well at school and at home. We've started an intense toilet

training program with her at home and at school. Just recently she has

started telling us the story of the 5 silly monkeys using sign and speech

without

prompting from us, she leaves out a few parts but she covers the main

points. She is answering yes/no questions appropriately and now when I tell

her to

turn the TV down she does and then signs/says hurts moma's head and ears. I

always knew that she understood more than people realized, she just didn't

have a way to express it. The more signs she learns it seems the more speech

she is trying to use. For us the combo of sign/speech is a big help. We

were given a used laptop that didn't work, and I've been working on that trying

to fit it up to use as an alternate communication device using

boardmaker/spdpro. I've finally got it working half way decently and am now

putting on her

programs one at a time to see how they do. This will help us to decide what

communication device to go with when we do the new AT eval this fall. I

hope everyone is doing well and having a good summer and I can't wait to hear

all the about the picnic when you guys get back home. :-)

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!