We have now had Bemer Sessions 3 and 4, school has started, and we are ROCKING and Rolling.
so - feedback on the Bemer sessions: thusfar is we are very pleased. Usually when we start to see improvements, they are pretty gradual. here's a sampling of the cool moments since
From Occupational Therapist, Jonny:
And from his teacher:
Also from his teacher - When I picked Dominic up early yesterday for an orthodontist appointment (one of the best he's ever had, i might add), Math is going very well.. Last year, he required a literal hand to hold (asnd he needed that from Courtney when the summer started). She gave him a work sheet with 6 problems on it, and told him to go do i t. It took him 15ish minutes to focus on doing it, but there was a moment when he yelled across the room "two plus three is five!!!!". She said to him "good, now do the rest" and he did. What she noticed was that if 12 probnlems are on the paper, he can't focus on them. I reminded her about the convergence insufficiency and suggested that perhaps he literally couldn't see that many of them. She's going to try making them bigger.
From speech therapy on Monday of this week - His visual processing speed is much faster. Sarah is now laying out 3 sight words in a bit of a sentence and most of the time he's immediately identifying them.
We are seeing much more frequent attempts at sentences. All i'm having to do is cue the first word, and he's getting simple, but full, sentences out.
Last night's OT with Alex at home was cooking. He made bacon wrapped chicken and GFCF brownies and got it all done in 40 minutes. He's following directions much better. Alex noticed a change from TONS of scripting on Friday to almost no talking at all on Wednesday. This is probably because he'd had his braces adjusted and was likely sore. We'll watch it tho.
I am ridiculously pleased with how the Bemer treatments are helping Dominic. If you're local to Colorado springs and interested in trying for yourself, the chiropractor who offers it is doing free initial appointments in September. If you'd like to meet him and talk to him about it, now is the time. Its not ever going to be cheaper than free. He is Dr Jerry Guevara at 719-344-8057.
so - feedback on the Bemer sessions: thusfar is we are very pleased. Usually when we start to see improvements, they are pretty gradual. here's a sampling of the cool moments since
From Occupational Therapist, Jonny:
And from his teacher:
Also from his teacher - When I picked Dominic up early yesterday for an orthodontist appointment (one of the best he's ever had, i might add), Math is going very well.. Last year, he required a literal hand to hold (asnd he needed that from Courtney when the summer started). She gave him a work sheet with 6 problems on it, and told him to go do i t. It took him 15ish minutes to focus on doing it, but there was a moment when he yelled across the room "two plus three is five!!!!". She said to him "good, now do the rest" and he did. What she noticed was that if 12 probnlems are on the paper, he can't focus on them. I reminded her about the convergence insufficiency and suggested that perhaps he literally couldn't see that many of them. She's going to try making them bigger.
From speech therapy on Monday of this week - His visual processing speed is much faster. Sarah is now laying out 3 sight words in a bit of a sentence and most of the time he's immediately identifying them.
We are seeing much more frequent attempts at sentences. All i'm having to do is cue the first word, and he's getting simple, but full, sentences out.
Last night's OT with Alex at home was cooking. He made bacon wrapped chicken and GFCF brownies and got it all done in 40 minutes. He's following directions much better. Alex noticed a change from TONS of scripting on Friday to almost no talking at all on Wednesday. This is probably because he'd had his braces adjusted and was likely sore. We'll watch it tho.
I am ridiculously pleased with how the Bemer treatments are helping Dominic. If you're local to Colorado springs and interested in trying for yourself, the chiropractor who offers it is doing free initial appointments in September. If you'd like to meet him and talk to him about it, now is the time. Its not ever going to be cheaper than free. He is Dr Jerry Guevara at 719-344-8057.
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