“I guess a part of me was secretly happy that I could read her better than anybody else.” “We’re a team,” she said, “but now she’s playing in a whole new league.” “I took pride in being the one who knew her best,” Karyn told me. The people who are now going to be with Ella for 6 hours/day, aren’t familiar with the ways in which she communicates using sounds, subtle movements, and changes in muscle tone. In this case, the ‘aha moment’ was Karyn realizing that for her daughter to succeed in school, AAC would have to play a central role. Now, Ella is going to be on her own, without mom to interpret. Because Ella primarily had in-home services, Karyn was always available to interpret her daughter’s communicative attempts. AAC was a part of that, along with many competing priorities, but it never really got air play. Up until now, she dutifully implemented the suggestions of the SLP, OT, PT, and early intervention teachers who worked with her daughter, Ella, trying to strike a balance between their home programs and the other demands on her time. As she helped her little girl prepare for the transition, Karyn had an ‘aha’ moment. Last week, I had the chance to talk with Karyn, a mom whose adorable daughter with significant vision impairment and multiple disabilities is entering school for the first time. ![]() ![]() In case you missed these on Facebook, here are are a couple of things we shared in the past few weeks: So we decided to reactivate our old site for the time being and post occasionally to this site. We tried to wait until we had the new venue for our site all figured out and ready to go, but the truth is, we missed blogging and hated the thought of going a few more weeks without being able to post.
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