speech therapy

Today Chris and I were on our first parent panel. We were asked to come to a regional meeting that the State Dept of Ed sponsors for those who are service providers for children with hearing loss. There were people in the room from all over ...

Blog entry - diber - 06/24/2010 - 21:23 - 2 comments

Yesterday we went down to the children's hospital (CHOP) again for Ellis's two year evaluation and mapping. Today marks two years since his activation of his cochlear implant. He wears a Cochlear Freedom on his right ear. Ellis is ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/24/2009 - 13:28 - 3 comments

A couple weeks ago we had our last speech therapy session at the children's hospital. We have been going every week since Ellis's CI was activated 21 months ago. He does get speech therapy, both group and privately, in school, but we had been going to ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/22/2009 - 21:59 - 5 comments

...for every Phillies Tshirt I saw today... Yay Phillies! I must admit, though, it didn't even occur to me to watch the game last night. I think I may have heard that it was going to be played on Wednesday, but it didn't really compute. I was too ...

Blog entry - diber - 10/30/2008 - 23:00 - 2 comments

Hubby blogs---- Wow. What a week. Actually, it's been a week and a half. About the middle of last week, I was looking at a deadline. I knew I had to finish this particular project by the end of the week or so, though I did think I would have the ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/27/2008 - 11:14 - 4 comments

We spent the afternoon at CHOP today. Ellis had his one year evaluation and mapping for his cochlear implant. The past few times he's been in the hearing booth, he's HATED it, like cried and crawled all over me. Today he was much better, and even ...

Blog entry - diber - 07/28/2008 - 22:20 - 3 comments

One of the things that needs to happen before baby is getting Ellis's IEP squared away, which is scheduled for May 2. So far, the IEP is turning out to be a much saner arrangement than E's IFSP (the 0-3 program). It's just us and two intelligent ...

Blog entry - diber - 04/15/2008 - 10:19 - 2 comments

E's been doing really well about wearing the CI. Much better. He's worn it without taking it off all day almost every day for the past couple of weeks. (Except for the bit yesterday when he wouldn't wear his hat and CI at the same time--and the hat ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/12/2008 - 23:37 - 4 comments

It's been six months since Ellis's CI activation . It was actually 6 mos exactly a week ago, but I've been wanting to sit down and write a long, eloquent post, but it's just not going to happen, at least eloquence isn't. So I'll pound out some details ...

Blog entry - diber - 01/31/2008 - 23:42 - 12 comments

We had our first meeting today with Ellis's "new speech therapist." I put that in quotes, because I'm not sure if we'll keep her. She drove me crazy. I'll give her a few sessions to find a groove, but if it ain't groovin' I'm ditching her. We wanted ...

Blog entry - diber - 11/28/2007 - 00:55 - 11 comments

(I started this last thurs. better finish so I can get to other things) Today Ellis and I went to the children's hospital (chop) for his weekly speech therapy. I'd prefer that we not be going to a hospital for that as it reinforces the medical ...

Blog entry - diber - 09/18/2007 - 10:57 - 8 comments

Do you know that part in Gone With the Wind where Scarlet cries "I will never go hungry again!!"? Sometimes I feel like that about summer. After surviving four and a half summers in New Orleans with hardly any air conditioning (we had one window unit ...

Blog entry - diber - 08/09/2007 - 21:44 - 7 comments

The feelings that welled up inside me upon the birth of my first child probably echo those of every other new parent. Boy, I sure hope I don't screw this up. All the emotions can be overwhelming: the joy, the trepidation. But then you get your ...

Blog entry - diber - 03/20/2007 - 22:44 - 4 comments