This month is...
Downs Syndrome Awareness Month
Down syndrome , also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21. It is usually associated with physical growth delays, mild to moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic facial features.
Hailey Tavarez is our Spotlight Client of the Month….
About Hailey
Hailey is a 23 year old woman with Downs Syndrome. She is a friendly person with a lot of motivation. Her typical week includes attending Schott Community, a neighborhood adult day training program Monday to Friday. She participates in a special needs Tap program, Heartbeat Tap, for 1 hour a week. She has even participated in a show for the community through her tap performances a few times!
OCTOBER MONTHLY TRIBUTE GOES TO.
The Sun Twin Brothers!!!!
The Sun twin brothers have made great progress throughout their speech teletherapy sessions. When they started treatment they did not show affection to clinician, and only communicated with gestures or crying. They required constant prompts to follow directions, did not label body parts or common objects, and did not make onomatopoeic/ambient sounds. At this moment, both brothers are able to request using ‘more’, label objects and body parts using approximations, can play with farm animals, and transportation vehicles as well as make their sounds. They have also made progress in following simple directions while playing and dancing. Their affection towards clinician has improved 100%. They smile, wave good-bye and send kisses and hugs to Nancy without any prompting at the end of each session. They have mastered most of their goals and are ready to begin new ones. A special thank you to the twins' parents that have shown dedication, and have been willing to help and implement new learning strategies that were demonstrated in therapy to their everyday routine.
more family successes...
Amelia and her family....
Amelia has improved her pragmatic, receptive and expressive skills thanks to her mother's perseverance and tireless help and commitment
Joshua and his family...
Joshua has achieved many of his goals before and after starting tele-therapy thanks to the commitment, dedication and consistency of his mom who participates in all therapy sessions. She is always willing to try things to assist Joshua in different skills for his daily activities.
even more successes...
Samyah and her family...
Samyah has come a long way since beginning teletherapy. She is now able to answer who questions in stories as well as tell the sequence of events using first, next and last in short stories independently and with confidence! She is doing well counting money, she has really excelled with writing, and she can now write a sentence with dictation!!! She is learning how to navigate the computer and she loves it!
Milushka and her family...
Milushka has come a long way from when she first started at
Bi-County. She is now able to hold conversations with her therapist through several different topics. Her reading comprehension has also greatly improved. Parents read with her in their native language daily. Way to go!
Mikey and his family...
Mikey has made outstanding progress throughout his OT on Teletherapy! With extensive carryover with his mom in all supplemental therapies, Mikey now greets hi without prompts!
Lionel and his family...
Lionel’s articulation and sentence structure has greatly improved. His parents make sure to work on his targeted sounds and work on homework given to them by his therapist to improve his articulation. Lionel has more confidence now to speak to others.
our clients and their families!
Lauryn and her family....
Lauryn has improved her attention, eye contact, interactions, and she is now signing "I want" and "more" thanks to her parents consistency and commitment. Her father is present every session and makes sure that she signs before she gets what she wants.
Edward and his family....
Edward's improvement on answering questions, producing 3-5 word sentences grammatically, and intelligibility is the result of his mother's continued support in carryover of therapy. She also helps him commit and work hard, encouraging to try his best and providing him with breaks when he needs them.