Re: Re: Anyone not seeing surges with NutriiVeda? LISA

[Guest guest]

Hey -

I am sitting here with my obsessive brain trying to think of the best ways

to go about creating such a spreadsheet. We would need some sort of

measurable criteria for something like this to be valid to any research

oriented

place. I am racking my mind trying to think of ways to create a valid tool

to measure progress. The problem I keep running into is that all of our

kids are at different age levels.... so what we may see in a 2 year old will

differ from what we may see in a 10 year old, for example.

I found this link

_http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/communication/CeDirSLP.html_

(http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/irca/communication/CeDirSLP.html)

that shows various forms of Speech Oriented tests..... yet, we can't see

further info about these- they all are copyrighted materials.

If we based our spreadsheet on a certain " Known " data collection tool, our

results may have more validity.

I might be over-thinking this..... the snow here in PA is causing me to

lose my mind!

Maybe we could start off with Baseline info..... and have everyone make a

list of every word or word approximation their child can say..... then start

a grid for added words?

or- we could also list how many words our children put together in a

sentence....... but again.... this will vary..... do we count word

approximations, or actual words? My son will say MO Mo Mo (more Elmo)....

or " Muh Ma Ma ooes " ......(My boobs).... (my almost 3 year old son seems to

be a " boob man " - and he says this every time he tries to stick his little

hands down my shirt to grab my " boobs " ) .......would these count as 2

words? Do you see what I mean? Imagine how results will differ from child to

child..... how do we set up criteria that will cover each age group?

For our grid to be valid, each category of it must be specific.....so that

3 different people do not fill it out 3 different ways....... and also

tailored to the age of each child. There must be a clear way of defining an

increase in any area..... again- I might be over thinking, and making this

too complicated.......

Am I over thinking? I could be...... I tend to do this at times..... Is

there anyone that you know that could give some advice about this? I am a

" Grid Oriented person " ..... but I keep running into snags when I try to think

of a way to develop one that will be suitable for all ages, all degrees of

Apraxia, etc. Also- remember- some of our kids have not been officially

diagnosed yet.... so we would need to have some sort of a data collection

sheet that would cover everyone.

Hey- it was nice talking to you last week..... I will post more later about

the latest in our IEP Saga!

Thanks--

from PA

[Guest guest]

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Bowel Movements could come under a GI Category...... with a sub category of

loose, formed, or semi formed and a place to record the # of BMs per day.

Seizures could fall under a Neuro Category.... with a sub category where

people can write in the type of Seizure (Grand Mal, Petite Mal, etc), the

duration of the seizure in minutes, etc.

[Guest guest]

Hi Sowmya-

Good ideas! Lets all work together and try to come up with something!