OT: Leah - PROMPT was Re: Down syndrome

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Hi LeahThanks for your email, what a great journey!, just a question...did you get trained with the Prompt Institute in Santa Fe?, we live in Houston and would be interested in looking more into this method, I went in the website and started reading more about this, it says that children can make progress in 3 months to a year, is your son speaking at peer level...this makes so much sense, our son just turned 3, he also has DS, he has several words of speech but they are not clear and consistent. We just started speech but the therapist only works on repetitions of one word, so I am here thinking at that pace it will take him several years to catch up, I always thought there would be a more efficient speech therapy for our son. Understanding is not the issue, he understands everything, it is more

expression, modulation and articulation. We are already doing a home based program so would like to add this interventions to support his already emerging speech development. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful resource!JanetFrom: Leah Amdur <leahamdur@...> Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 9:44:10 AMSubject: Re: Down syndrome

I have an 11 year old son with DS and also PDD which is on the autistic spectrum

I saw that the school was not succeeding with teaching him to speak

I took a Prompt speech course and I spent 30 to 40 hours a week on speech therapy which I taught him myself

I have over 1800 songs for him and I have over 300 DVDs it has paid off

He understands everything. He has a wide general knowledge and he loves life

I got him moved from a life skills program to a cognitive program and the staff have read over 20 children’s books to him this year

I am teaching him alef beis and how to read

He was born premature at 27 weeks and he had many sensory motor issues. Thank G-d those are now mostly resolved

He only walked at 4 years and he still does not jump

He stayed permanently in hospital til the age of 2 1/2 years and he had frequent pneumonia

He is the love of our lives he is such a strong character and he is so happy and positive

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Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:37 PM

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Subject: RE: Down syndrome

my son has down syndrome..he's almost 5..i would love to know whats best to do with him...esp for speech:)«•´`•.(*•.¸(`•.¸ ¸..•´)¸.•*).•´`•» «•´¨*•.¸¸.*¤~*SHEENA*~¤*.¸¸.•*¨`•» «•´`•.(¸.•´(¸.•* *•.¸)`•.¸).•´`•» Holistic Nutritionist & Certified Nutritional ConsultantBrain Gym ® Consultant/Instructorhealthyu@..."You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma GandhiFeeling unloved is the worst poverty in the world. ~ Mother

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hi can u send more details about the cognitive program u are doing? my daughter has speech but is not able to always communicate except wen in total need. getting inputs from u will help.

priya

what is the prompt prog in santafe??

From: Janet Jacinto <jejacinto@...> Sent: Tue, July 12, 2011 8:59:04 AMSubject: OT: Leah - PROMPT was Re: Down syndrome

Hi LeahThanks for your email, what a great journey!, just a question...did you get trained with the Prompt Institute in Santa Fe?, we live in Houston and would be interested in looking more into this method, I went in the website and started reading more about this, it says that children can make progress in 3 months to a year, is your son speaking at peer level...this makes so much sense, our son just turned 3, he also has DS, he has several words of speech but they are not clear and consistent. We just started speech but the therapist only works on repetitions of one word, so I am here thinking at that pace it will take him several years to catch up, I always thought there would be a more efficient speech therapy for our son. Understanding is not the issue, he understands everything, it is more expression, modulation and articulation. We are already doing a home based program

so would like to add this interventions to support his already emerging speech development. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful resource!Janet

From: Leah Amdur <leahamdur@...> Sent: Mon, July 11, 2011 9:44:10 AMSubject: Re: Down syndrome

I have an 11 year old son with DS and also PDD which is on the autistic spectrum

I saw that the school was not succeeding with teaching him to speak

I took a Prompt speech course and I spent 30 to 40 hours a week on speech therapy which I taught him myself

I have over 1800 songs for him and I have over 300 DVDs it has paid off

He understands everything. He has a wide general knowledge and he loves life

I got him moved from a life skills program to a cognitive program and the staff have read over 20 children’s books to him this year

I am teaching him alef beis and how to read

He was born premature at 27 weeks and he had many sensory motor issues. Thank G-d those are now mostly resolved

He only walked at 4 years and he still does not jump

He stayed permanently in hospital til the age of 2 1/2 years and he had frequent pneumonia

He is the love of our lives he is such a strong character and he is so happy and positive

From: sheena s.

Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 4:37 PM

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Subject: RE: Down syndrome

my son has down syndrome..he's almost 5..i would love to know whats best to do with him...esp for speech:)«•´`•.(*•.¸(`•.¸ ¸..•´)¸.•*).•´`•» «•´¨*•.¸¸.*¤~*SHEENA*~¤*.¸¸.•*¨`•» «•´`•.(¸.•´(¸.•* *•.¸)`•.¸).•´`•» Holistic Nutritionist & Certified Nutritional ConsultantBrain Gym ® Consultant/Instructorhealthyu@..."You must be the change you wish to see in the world." Mahatma GandhiFeeling unloved is the worst poverty in the world. ~ Mother