Yesterday was the last day of school and Kaylia had a dance to go to! It meant that all the children in her class were in dress-up clothes .... not school uniform. This was very upsetting for Kaylia and it took a while for her to accept the change in routine. It all ended well though.
Today is a happy day .... we started the day (after breakfast) with a drive down to Midland to visit the bank .... that's an excuse for a "CAR" drive! I had intended to combine this trip with several other reasons but the shop I wanted didn't open till 10am and I forgot the library books which needed to be returned .... so we did a quick trip, then headed back again! This time we called in at the $2 shop ..... I said to her "You like shopping, don't you?" and she responded "YEAH!"
We're noticing more and more instances of contextually correct responses and speech. The words aren't alway 100% clear ... but from the sound & context, it seems that she is using language correctly. We just need to work on her ability to make the sounds that she needs. At present she speaks in her own language .... we can understand much of it but sometimes we struggle. Last night we had an "AH HAH" moment when we realised that the strange sound we had been struggling to interpret was meaning "salami"!
It's school holidays now so the next 2 weeks are a logistical exercise of working out who is able to look after Kaylia
(Are there any volunteers out there? Just a car drive for an hour would be great.)
Yesterday was her monthly program review with her psychologist ... things are going well ... the data from her therapy sessions is showing real progress in important areas. The gains that have occurred over the past 9 - 12 months make it clear that she is close to gaining the ability to acquire new knowledge herself from peers and general surroundings. Once this stage is reached, she will then make rapid progress without having to be directly taught. This is the knowledge gaining skill which we take for granted in the typical child.
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