Hi Everyone! I have updated Jovan's webpage on the 4voices.org website. His latest recording of his speech along with a general update on his therapy can be...
Therapy is going good....the therapist is teetering back and forth about Sydnie having apraxia. She's mentioned it only once and gave me a website to check...
Tamara: Hi! I enjoyed reading and listening to Jovan. I was wondering if you did indeed get an assistive technology device for him and what you think you owe...
Hi Tina! We are currently looking at wheather or not Jovan needs an assistive device. I feel he needs one. I am not sure how to go about this other than to...
Tamara (and other looking into AAC), I've worked closely with Dynavox and their products for several years. We are in touch with them frequently for kids on...
Tamara; United Cerebral Palsy in San Diego offers free "labs" where I send my parents to look at a variety of devices--they also do evals at a relatively ...
Hello I was invited to join this group by some nice, unknown person. Thank you. My name is Pam. I have 3 children: Noah (6.5 yrs, early talker/math geek),...
My take on this is that Dr. Rimland feels other doctors are lazy in giving the diagnosis of PDD, and should delve further to give a diagnosis to parents that...
Hi Pam, your son sounds a lot like my Jacob(just turned 3!), who is definitely apraxic. He made little progress in ST over the past year until we started him...
Thank you Becky! How did you come to decide you needed to check in to the hidden virus theory? I've read about it but didn't really have it click that it...
Dr. Goldberg routinely tests for HHV6 levels and other indicators of viral activity in all patients initial labwork. If you're interested in what he...
<A HREF="http://www.psidea.org/">P.S. IDEA</A> (www.psidea.org), in conjunction with <A HREF="http://www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com/">Our Children Left...
Hi all. I received this from an advocate contact. Please feel free to circulate widely. Subject: Senate to consider watering down IDEA/NCLB in September; ......
I have heard from reliable sources that an attorney fee cap amendment WILL be offered this month on the Senate floor, and WILL most likely be successful unless...
Hi all. We have unveiled our new "Leave No Physician Behind" campaign on the OCLB website (www.ourchildrenleftbehind.com). As some of you may know, Senator...
Hi. We are in the process of developing a bank of template (form) letters for use in various special education situations. Please feel free to visit and make...
Hi all. This is the Our Children Left Behind Home Page for the weekend. Every weekend our Home Page consists of a review of what's been added to the ...
My name is Victoria Maxwell and my husband Paul and I live in Southern California with our 4 daughters Tylor(11), Alexa(6), Zoe (3.5-apraxia) and Ainsley (2). ...
Hey, Victoria! Small world. I have the same former career as you (in WA state). Well, I didn't get as far as Director but I have 10 years of victim advocacy...
Please distribute widely: September 9, 2003 ACTION ALERT ~~~~ U.S. SENATE TO VOTE ON ADDITIONAL IDEA FUNDING Background: An amendment is expected to be voted...
Hello Everyone! Please post your therapy updates, questions and vents here. School is back in session and many of us are attending IEP meetings. Please share...
hi tamara i have different type of updating ... ===== _______________________________________________________________________ CENTER for LANGUAGE & LITERACY,...
Hi all. Here is our Home Page for this weekend: SEPTEMBER 13 & 14, 2003 MANY UPDATES THIS WEEK As information starts to slowly trickle in from D.C., we are...
SEPTEMBER 20 & 21, 2003 WEBSITE NEWS THIS WEEK As we expected, with Congress and school back in session, rumors are starting to fly. To find out what's...
Hello Everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. I have been quiet on this board for a couple of weeks. As most of you know, my father has been extremelly ill...
Tamara, I lost my mother to complications from diabetes on Oct. 14, 2001. The grief has eased a bit. Please know that I am thinking of you and that you are in...
Hello Tamara, My condolescences to you and your family. I just joined VOICES and find you and the organization remarkable. Thank you for providing this...
Tamara, I just talked to Lisa, she told me about losing your dad. I am truly sorry to hear that. It was 8 years ago I lost Danny. You will be grieving and some...
SEPTEMBER 27 & 28, 2003 NEW ON THE WEBSITE THIS WEEK With Congress going on recess for the week of October 4-12, we've posted the latest update from NAPAS...