I haven't written in so long. Life is so many kinds of crazy now, truly it is. We're starting homeschool with my oldest in less than a week now and I've had to relearn, revamp and reapply every thing I've taught him thus far since learning FINALLY of his correct diagnosis, before the end of the last school year. He was diagnosed with Developmental Dyspraxia.
Then there is learning how to circumnavigate my youngest's form of autism (ASD). He's very verbal, though his receptive language skills are a bit off. He often will say the opposite of what he means, gets confused very easily in a conversation and frustrated when he can't convey what he means. These are just a few of his issues with communication. Don't include the sensory issues, sensory sessions at home, with his OT and even his PT has resorted to doing OT in her session with him, he's in that much of a need for it. I could go on, but you get the gist - CRAZY CRAZY time at my house!
My oldest is finally making progress though! He can tie his shoe now, well he can mostly tie his shoe now. Which is fantastic! So what if I have to retie it sometimes, most of the time or if he can only do it once or twice a day, the point is, he can do it now!!!
He can write pretty well now too. He might be a kindergarten level now, but at least it's legible. Who cares if it's written as big as your head, at least you can read it! Because of being able to kind of write the alphabet better, he has taken to reading a bit more on his own and attempting to write things out by sounding them out, rather than continually asking me how to do it. Which is HUGE! We're working on pencil grip now, in the hopes that this will be kind of the last key in getting him where he needs to be.
Riding a bike....this is a work in progress for sure. He needs to learn balance and them time his right and left legs/feet to go at the same time...it could take a while. Seriously though, he has started to run a bit better now too. Not all squatty and arms out in a defensive position. He can almost pass for normal running though.
Once he's a bit farther ahead, we work on his ASL, which he's avoided doing because obviously, if you haven't guessed it yet, Dyspraxia affects many, many things, including motor skills. So, sign language has been a bit tricky for him, but we finally have hope that he might be able to sign without frustration or much issue one day. Makes both him and myself feel much better.
Now, we work on memory skills...I've no idea how we're going to do this, but I'm game. Since getting the correct diagnosis, he's come so very far and I'm so very proud of him. I can't believe it's only been a few short months of this and he's made such huge strides. It's been so inspiring to say the least.
