Dominick is finally walking!
Dominick is finally walking, at 3 years, 2 months and 12 days he now can stand up without help and just go!
Dominick got his annual lab results – and all looks well again
Last week Dominick got his annual lab results back – all looks well again. The only thing we will need to address is his Iron is somewhat low. A 6 week treatment of 4mg of iron a day and a follow up blood test should do the trick.
Dominick started his first playgroup – and he loves it
Dominick just started his Thursday playgroup. This playgroup is from 12:30pm until 3pm. The teachers are just wonderful and he is integrated with other 2-3 year olds. The student teacher ratio is 2 to 1. Also there are only 2 other special needs students in his group, which means that he gets all the attention. The first thing he did when we arrived, was crawl to the book shelf. He emptied it out. After 20 minutes he was surrounded by 40+ books, which he quickly glanced at. He found his favorites right away “Elmo” – yes that’s what he currently … Continue Reading
Dominick started sightreading with the help of the “My Baby Can Read” program
Dominick started using the “Your Baby Can Read” program in the beginning of June 2009. After one week of watching the starter DVD of the program, he started copying some of the words that were presented in it while he was watching. He used approximations, but never the less it was a first and a great breakthrough in his speech development. After one month of letting him watch the starter DVD, I introduced the slide-out flash cards (they have the word on the outside and the image of the word on the inside). At first he would remember just one … Continue Reading
More people need to be open minded!
Welcome to DownSyndromeEducation.com!
This Blog has been created to increase open-mindedness within the Down Syndrome Community. For too long have Down Syndrome Organizations held the rudder too tight and overlooked the research and advances done to improve the lives of children/people with Down Syndrome.
By applying preventative measures you can improve the health, development and learning abilities of a person with Down Syndrome tremendously.
This is Dominick’s story. His life and progress documented via a blog.
I welcome you to partake in his … Continue Reading