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It finally happened; our little guy is talking! He’s two and half, and after almost a year of therapy, he’s speaking in phrases. A few changes in our interactions with him finally tipped his speech development. While he’s not totally caught up, it is so wonderful he can communicate his wants and needs. Here’s what […]

I’m not exactly sure how we started using these tactics on Baby Pizza (who is no longer a baby), but we use these four methods daily and often to get her to listen to us. And while I’m not exactly sure what to think of it, Lil’ Pizza has caught on to some of our […]

In late August, we had our little guy’s speech assessed through Early Intervention (EI). We knew he would likely have problems in this area, and the assessment did show delays which qualified him for speech. While I expected him to qualify for EI, the details of the results were surprising to me in some ways, […]

It’s been a while since I have updated about Juliet and early intervention, so this is where we are now. Juliet has been in early intervention now for close to 2 years. She started around nine months old and was enrolled at one point in developmental, physical, and speech. At nearly two and a half […]

Now that Jackson is about to be two years old, he surprises me on a daily basis with the things that pop out of his mouth. Some of it is sweet, some of it is hilarious, and some of it he clearly heard from me or Mr. Garland and shouldn’t be repeated! He’s a bossy […]

D’s lovely OT introduced us to the concept of a “speech box” several months ago. The speech box is a structured speech therapy tool, which she claimed that many of her charges (and their siblings!) loved to do. Basically you keep items in a box and take them out one by one to play with […]

Juliet had her yearly Early Intervention review today. It was cutting it close since her authorization is up at the end of the month, and between bad weather and sick kids, we had to postpone the meeting several times. I met with Juliet’s case director as well as her regular developmental therapist. Since she was […]