Our journey through life with hemiplegic cerebral palsy and infantile spasms

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

School and Communicating

We have finally gotten down our new routine. Five days a week of school for both kid, at two different schools has made me feel like a taxi driver but it's all going really well.karsen LOVES his new school. Not once has he cried when I drop him off, that's a first for him, and he actually cries when we have to leave when I pick him up, go figure. Ha. With the start of school, we had to have another IEP to get his communicative device added to it so he could start working on his AAC at school. We've gotten he ball really rolling. Karsen has taken off with it, we have fewer freak outs, though they still happen often. I can tell he is happy we can understand him better,maven if I have to tell him no to ice cream for breakfast and lunch, the fact that I respond to him with the reason why he can't have ice cream at that moment, you can tell he is a lot happier. He's starting to navigate beautifully through his ap. from two pages to different folders. It's quite amazing. We are still working on him communicating verbally, I am not giving up on him, but this is alleviating a lot of frustration on both sides. 
We seem to have lost yet another pair of glasses, I'm hoping they show up soon, I really don't want to fork out money for another pair. 
Things have been moving along pretty smoothly in the Williamson house. The break that Karter and Karsen have had from each other has been really good for both of them, they fight less and seem to play together more.  Don't get me wrong we still have lots of challenges but we are pulling through.
Busy but blessed.