Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
Taylor got a new hand splint today. She was very excited and she asked to film a video for you. Here is Taylor explaining and showing what her the purpose is behind her wearing it. Read More
Occupational Therapy
Fighting For a Life (179 of 365)
Tuesday, May 18th 2010
Well, today was PART 3 of Taylor’s IEP. Taylor’s Teacher of Record scheduled the meeting in the afternoon this time to allow all of the team members to be in attendance (i.e: all related services (Occupational Therapists, Physical Therapist, Speech Therapist, Nurse, Transition Specialist), Special Ed Teacher, Gen Ed Teacher, School District Representative) …however, that means that I only had an hour to be able to meet…since it was during my lunch hour. I left my last school and darted over to Taylor’s High School and ran in that meeting as fast as I could. I had an Advocate attend with me…so I had someone there who also knew the mine and Taylor’s rights to assist me.
Shop-a-pa-looza PART 3 (Day 143 of 365)
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
Here are the results of our First Annual Shop-a-pa-looza! We would love your thoughts of the videos! Please comment by clicking on the above header. AND please become a member or our Happy Dance Group on Facebook! It’s where everyone shows of their own Happy Dance! Let’s make it a movement! Read More
Introducing Exceptional Family T.V. (Day 137 of 365)
Monday, April 5th, 2010
About a couple of months ago I was randomly searching YouTube on information about Cerebral Palsy. I found home videos from a couple with a son who has been diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Nate & Renee Charlan are the proud parents of Zack, who is 3. The Charlan’s have teamed up with a T.V production company, a web developer, & Exceptional Family Magazine to provide a weekly online T.V show that will provide various real life stories of families with children with special needs. What a great resource for families!! I invite you to check out the Exceptional Family website and become a member. Just imagine the families it will help! Read More
Meet Jorden Little (Day 116 of 365)
Monday, March 15th, 2010
Meet Jorden Little
Jorden is 12 years old. He is the twin brother to Erin. He was born on April 30, 1997. The twins were originally supposed to be born on August 18th. They were both born at 24 weeks gestation, and Jorden weighed in at a whopping 1lb 15 oz. He was the first to be delivered by normal birth. The following day after birth, he had an ultra sound done on his brain to find that he experienced a bleed on his brain that was labeled as a grade III bleed. (1 being least severe to 4 being most severe). Jorden experienced many different challenges the first couple months of life such as difficulty breathing, jaundice, and also was diagnosed with ROP (retinopothy of prematurity in both of his eyes) 
He was on oxygen for nearly 1-1/2 months. The first couple of months in the Neonatal intensive care unit Jorden had a few different surgeries such as: a bilateral hernia removed, laser surgery on both of his eyes due to the ROP, and one of his main veins in his arm grew around his main I.V pick line which caused the Doctor’s to go in and remove the I.V line by surgery, which caused the entire vein to be removed. (I have been told that this is something that hardly ever happens). Jorden was in the NICU for nearly the first 2-½ months of his life. He was sent home using a heart and breathing monitor for the next 6 months of his life.