The coolest thing happened in school last week. We have been TRYING and TRYING to get Julia to exhale with the sound for the letter "P", but all she would do is purse her lips...no exhale at all. We have tried all kinds of tricks to get this new sound, to no avail...BUT...!
Last week the letter of the week was "P" and her class did some fun activities. Julia (with LOTS of help!!!) glued and colored all her projects...AND MADE THE SOUND "PUH"!!! Now, I know that some of you may be rolling your eyes at my being soooooo ecstatic over this, but you have to understand how limited verbal language is for individuals with Cri du Chat Syndrome, and HOW LONG we have worked on this sound with Julia. She really likes the other kids in her class and tries to imitate them.
NOW for the cool part...that night I took her home and asked her to tell daddy what she learned in school. She made the sign for "school" and then looked at me. I said again "Tell daddy about school." She looked right at him and said "Puh-puh-puh"! We did a few cartwheels and clapped and she clapped too...she was very pleased with herself!!
Julia has also started to say oo-ee-uh, which is her pronunciation of her name. Miss Lisa told me that Julia had said her name and I was surprised. She says it at home, but not for anyone but family!
A couple of small steps...but a very tangible ones! Hooray for Julia! (And HUGE, GIGANTIC thanks to Miss Lisa!)
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Wow, what a great milestone!
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