Topics of discussion:
*Has Kaiden been in daycare before?
*Has Kaiden been exposed to using scissors?
*Has Kaiden been walking or crawling?
Areas to be worked on:
-Contain the drool by working on strengthening the jaw
-Fine tune motor skills
How are we to go about this?
There were many ideas given to us to help with strengthening Kaiden's jaw muscles. We should try using a straw to drink with, try blowing bubbles into the drink, chew sugarless gum, blow bubbles outside, and (my favorite) share a milkshake with someone and drink it with a straw. The thickness of a milkshake creates a great tool to exercise the muscles that need a little more help.
For helping with the fine motor skills, we were told to try to use scissors ***WITH A LOT OF ADULT SUPERVISION***, glue pieces to paper to create collages, cut out different products from grocery store circulars, and talk about the different items that are being cut out.
We also need to remember to model words and sounds for Kaiden as this is helping him think about different sounds.
Below is a video of Kaiden enjoying some art time. He became really excited about making a dot of glue on the paper!
The finished product:
The blue arrow on the right side of the page is pointing to the "leaf" that Kaiden cut out. When he finished cutting this one out, he turned to me and said, "I done with scissors." When I asked him if he was ready to color the tree, he stated very strongly, "Huh." That means yes in his language. We are working towards getting him to say "yes" instead of "huh." I showed him how to make the dots with the glue stick so that he could add leaves to the tree. He greatly enjoyed making this tree!
Our next visit with Mary Beth will be on September 11th at 10:30 am. Kaiden's next visit with the physical therapist will be on the 28th of this month. We are not sure of a time yet, but will keep everyone posted about the news of his PT visit.
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