As we prepare Joey for kindergarten, we are looking into the large question of what does an appropriate school program look like for Joey?
So far, Joey appears to be around grade level. He knows his letters and numbers, can answer questions about a story, and asks his own questions in his own way. He understands early phonics skills, and tends to learn new information quickly.
Of course, all of this knowledge he demonstrates through his eye gaze device, or from being given an answer field of two to three choices and asked to choose one, either with his eyes or his hand.
What educational setting will set Joey up for the most long-term success? [Read more…]
Joey loves numbers. He gives me big smiles when he sees that we are going to work with numbers, and loves to tell silly number jokes where he gives me the wrong number when we are putting our numbers in order. After giving me the wrong number he will crack up, and give me that large Joey grin that says “I think 1, 2, 6” is the funniest thing ever.
Joey had such a communicative fall. He made statements and jokes he’d never made before, and truly dove into the new vocabulary words added to his device. We saw so much of him come shining through with how he was accessing his device. In October he averaged 
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“Seagull being fixed” Joey said to me as I was putting away the materials from one activity and transitioning us to the next. “Really?” I asked, “a seagull? What happened?”
