[SPAM] Re: NACD: Any Progress Reports?

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NACD has two permanent office locations (UT and PA), but they visit

about a dozen others. I just checked the list and they have " Greater

Los Angeles area " listed under California. Contact the Ogden, UT

headquarters for more information:

549 25th Street

Ogden, UT 84401

(801) 621-8606

info@...

www.nacd.org

in NJ

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> How is the occluding going? I know that you were worried about it.

How about compliance? Are you noticing any changes or is it too early

yet?

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> Note that Mark is accellerated with NACD in some ways. His visual

digit span is at a 10 (2 digits more and he hits genius level for

visual memory). I find that while we are really getting there

academically; there are definately some areas that need work and some

areas where he is absolutley passing his peers with NACD.

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> I like that for him since it gives him confidence that he has never

had before. One problem we have found in being stuck with dyspraxia

for so long is a lack of recognition by others for achievement. If

you stick with program for just a little longer and go just a little

further past the other kids..... it kind of makes up for all of the

hardships our children have suffered. I like the fact that there are

certain areas where Mark can say.... " I told you so " with regards to

his brains and intelligence! (nasty of me, I know!) But really, it is

his 'turn' to shine in the sun! He has been in the dark for so many,

many years.....

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> Janice

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> [sPAM][ ] Re: NACD: Any Progress Reports?

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> You have to be honest with NACD about the time you can commit to

> doing program, and they will design an appropriate program for you.

> My son is at home for about an hour in the morning and then about 3-

> 1/2 hours after school. (We go to bed early here.) Our active

> program time is about an hour per day, including 15 minutes of the

> Listening Program. Additionally, he wears glasses that partially

> occlude his left eye for four hours per day, which is basically

every

> minute at home. It is totally doable and has definitely helped him.

> I wish I had discovered NACD years ago! Our speech problems are

> pretty much over, so our program is different than what you are

> looking for. However, you ask, would we go this route again?

> Absolutely! We have an appointment in nine days (I'm counting,

> that's how excited I am) for our 19 month old, who is communication

> delayed and qualified for EI. This will be a program with a strong

> emphasis on speech. I will post as we go along, since it is more

> applicable to this group than 's program is at this point.

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> The best thing about the NACD program is that it is frequent and

> specific. In the past, we have had therapists who think they are

> giving us homework, but they aren't really specific. They say

things

> like, " Try to hold up toys near your mouth when you say their

names,

> so that your child can see your lips moving. " I do do this, but

it's

> not really a " program " per se. NACD is not vague: Do this specific

> activity this exact way for two minutes, three times per day. You

> get the idea. You may not need that level of specificity, but I

sure

> do. In private therapy, made the most progress with one SLP

> who gave us homework words from the " Moving Across Syllables "

> program. We did them twice a day, every day, and he made fast

> progress (in combination with fish oil).

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> And even though speech is your primary concern, they will probably

> discover some other things that will advance her in other ways.

Many

> kids who go to NACD for awhile don't just catch up, they sometimes

> even accelerate past their peers. We are perfectly happy to be

> average, since we know how great average is, but I think every

child

> should have the opportunity to reach his/her full potential. NACD

is

> one tool out there to accomplish that. I am even using some of the

> things we learn from NACD with my other two kids.

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> in NJ

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