Thursday, November 8, 2007

Leya and Chief Play Ball


As Chief and I entered the room today to the cheers of "It's Chief!!", we heard one little voice afterward that we had heard in limited use before....usually just saying "Momma". This little voice cheered out "Chieeeee". That's right...Leya said Chief's name for the first time today, on her own, without any prompting from the therapists...and her mom was present to witness it!! We were all so taken back by what happened that we stopped for just a minute, before one of us said..."did she just say Chief?" The slow little smile on her face confirmed it!! Leya was telling us she was happy to see her new friend!!



In this video, Leya is instructing me to throw the ball for Chief using her switch devices and also instructing Chief to "go get the ball". We had tried to get Leya to throw the ball, but she was reluctant to do it. But, she did get a big kick out of watching Chief run across the floor. So, in this video, she is working on weight bearing through her legs in her standing frame while she uses a switch to functionally communicate with us, and using her hands to make her choices.



Way to go Leya!!



Tammy


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