Your grandson

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Carole,

I don't know how often you are doing speech but once or twice a week is not

enough. We were fortunate in that the speech teacher from the school

district let me sit in on the sessions when she worked with . She was

not trained in ABA, but did it naturally. She found what motivated him and

rewarded it. She did most things in a game form. Unfortunately we were

only given one session a week. So I would borrow her materials like picture

cards etc and work with him daily.

We only had one ABA person a week who was a college student I trained and

she came about three times a week for an hour or two. I would show her what

the speech teacher was working on and she continued it. We also worked on

speech when we were in the swings at the park or going down the grocery

aisles.

The hard part is to keep talking to a kid who doesn't respond, smile at you

or give any indication that they understand what you are saying. But they

do. It takes three years to develop language in a normal child and ours are

ill, so it sometimes takes longer. This is not an uphill climb but rather

ten steps forward and two steps back. It is difficult to watch when you see

them going backwards but try to notice all they have gained to keep yourself

moving forward. Make sure your doc knows what you told us about here.

Your grandson is so lucky to have a grandmother who loves him

unconditionally and is so involved in his care. Please call me if I can

help. Where are you located?

Marcia

805 497-8202