Something has always stuck in my mind when I think about how we are labeled by others..... I may be the only one here who remembers a t.v. show called " Freaks...
I may be showing my age here but does anyone else remember the show "Life Goes On"? It was a wonderful show about a boy with Down Syndrome. Sometimes the...
If it's public school it will take over. If you choose a private school, well, good luck getting anything besides ST. That's what we have dealt with here in...
Yes, I remember the show, I do also remember that it didn't often show the earlier years of the Down Syndrome of how they go to know the Syndrome or how they...
I just got the book, the name is a mind at a time. ===== __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool....
Marie
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Feb 2, 2004 12:09 am
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Speaking from experience, as one of those kids that WAS labeled, I must say that the impact it's had on my life has been monumental. Granted, my parents tried...
I so remember that show! It was one of my favorites when I was in late elementary/middle school. I liked it cuz it showed me that other people were different...
Absolutely wonderful! He has so much valuable info on his web site and I get his newsletters in the mail. I have mentioned him here before, but I am sure...
A Mind at a Time By Dr. Mel Levine From the show How Children Learn—and Why Some Don't From The Publisher: "Different minds learn differently," writes Dr....
Hey Val! Giving a big thumbs up to your actions in the store! I will never forget hearing my step-daughter continually referring to some "speds" at her high...
Thanks Tracey ! I just got "A mind at a time" and "The Myth of Laziness ". It is great ! There is Mel Levine private school in Toronto. Do you know if there ...
For people thinking of attending the Sotos Conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada on July 23-25, 2004 Question was asked: What documentation is required when...
Yes, do this one (see below) because it happened to me, attempting to fly out of Philadelphia back home to Costa Rica. They wouldn't let me board without a...
Hello, yes my daughter Stephanie is 12 and was diagnose with dyspraxia last year after so many other ones,we had to go to a developmenatl pediactrican to get...
Hi, this is Jenny from Australia I have Aimme who is 11 with Sotos, but have 2 other children aged 12 and 6 who have been diagnozed with dispraxia. I wonder if...
Dear Tracey and All I hope you don't mind, but this subject is very dear to my heart at the moment, as we are having on going battles with speech and language...
Hi Tracey, Beth's original dx was dyspraxia, I was also told she had eye dyspraxia - turned out she was very long sighted and couldn't control her eyes because...
Hi I agree with you I too know, my 12 year old daughter was diagnoised as having dyspraxia last year,I too wonder if there is some type of gentics thing going...
cynthia Take a look at the AFASIC site for Verbal Dyspraxia. It is quite good on listing all the speech disorders. Also the Dyspraxia Foundation . They are...
Praxias refer to all motor or serial movements required to accomplish some volounteer movement and goal. But I think we should have different concepts about...
Hi all, We were told our son has "oral motor dyspraxia" by a developmental pediatrician then 2 speech therapists believe he has this speech disorder as well....
I have already done that, thanx and I have several books on both disorder I think I was trying to say was a gentic view on weather or not one child can have...
Hello, I am writing to you today in hopes that there is someone who is experiencing this type of thing and can offer me some feedback. My son Zach 4 year old...
At each of the last two conferences, there was a team of speech pathologists who did an ongoing study of speech disorders as it pertains to Sotos. They had...
Hi Cynthia I am sorry Cynthia. I misread your message and thought there was some confusion regarding what Tracey was talking about which I understood to be...
Mel Hi, I do not think I can be of much help but wanted to reply to your letter. Our son did have some of the problems you are referring to, but in our case we...
Mel- I'm a bit confused about parts of your email, but will try to help out... First, there are two "types" of pneumonia: aspiration pneumonia, which is caused...
Hi all been too busy to post like everyone else, but thought I'd update you all on our assessments for Finn this week to cause a little debate. We have had two...
Hi, Miranda - regarding receptive and expressive language delay: for a Sotos kids he is right on target! And at 5 and 1/2 being at the 3 and 1/2 year level is...
Hi Liliane Long time no hear! How are you keeping? How is Andy doing? Last time I heard I thought Ed posted that he was about to start teaching someone music?...
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