Thursday is OT day, which understandably focuses more on physical activities than speech, but as my son's challenges are multi-sensory, it all works together for his good.
I was thinking about how my little guy goes through cycles of words he says and then they just "disappear". For instance, he was saying "bye" to therapists and siblings when they left, but now he's not. I do not believe this has anything to do with ProEFA or anything else. It's just part of his special brand of challenges. It's not as though he has forgotten the word or how to use it, he just stops using it. He might say cow and moo during a round of "Old Mac Donald" or "e-i-e-i-o" or he might count 1-10, but tomorrow, I can't coax him to say it.
However, I know that the words are in his brain. He understands far more than he is able to express. So, how to break a hole in the dam that prevents him from expressing himself? How to let open the floodgates? I'll stay with the ProEFA until it runs out, but right now I'm not seeing the miracle change.
If I could also figure out how to get him to stop using the shelves in the kitchen cupboards as steps to climb onto the kitchen counters, that would be awesome. :-)
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