Last Wednesday, my daughter and I went for her neurodevelopmental assessment re-evaluation to check on her progress and I was happy to hear a confirmation straight from her doctor that she is improving wonderfully. I personally see these wonderful improvements with her but hearing the feedback from an expert is such a welcomed feedback. It’s not just me her teacher and therapist who could testify to her progress that all happened in six months. I am hopeful that with continued help from all of them she will gracefully leave the low-functioning autism spectrum.
When she was assessed six months ago, it was devastating for me to hear how bad my daughter regressed. She was 6 years and 6 months old then but she was assessed as having a developmental age of 9 1/2 months to 1 year and 9 months old child.
Back then she used to put all the things she touches in her mouth and she has excessive drooling, she haven’t done a task she was asked to do and was completely restless and very much nonverbal.
Today, using the Griffiths Mental Development Scale, Tasha’s neurodevelopmental abilities ranges from 12 months – 2.8 years with noted gains on all domain: locomotor (gross motor), personal social, hearing and speech (language), eye-hand coordination (fine motor) , performance (nonverbal).
Now there is a notable gain on all domain. I am so proud of her achievements! Imagine in a span of six months a noticeable progress. Her strength is seen in the nonverbal domain and weakness in the language domain.
Her doctor now recommends speech and language therapy that will focus on her communication skills.
Other recommendations were as follow:
1) Continue occupational therapy interventions to further improve her working behaviors, fine mother and daily living skills.
2) Continue special education program to address her educational needs and provide socialization with other children her age.
3) Encourage follow up of therapy interventions at home.
4) Engage in other activities at home:
*outdoor play: pedaling a bike, standing on 1 leg, kicking of ball.
* looking at picture book, labeling objects
* coloring, folding and cutting of paper
* threading of macaroni beads
* manipulative toys
5) Follow-up with child neurologist to monitor and adjust her medications as needed.
6) Developmental review after 6 months to monitor her progress.
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Tags: Griffiths Mental Development Scale, neurodevelopmental assessment
April 30th, 2009 at 8:57 pm
hi thanks for visiting. anyway, it’s good that your daughter’s improving. i hope and pray that she gets better and better each day
here’s mine by the way: http://elapot.wifespeaks.com/2009/04/mommy-moments-doctor-doctor-am-i-sick.html (i posted the wrong link
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April 30th, 2009 at 9:18 pm
That’s good news. I’m glad that your daughter has improved on her physical, emotional and social skills. Konti pang panahon pwede na rin siyang mag-school.
April 30th, 2009 at 9:49 pm
Good job Tasha!
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May 1st, 2009 at 12:42 am
Hi Mommy..
Its good to know that your lil precious is progressing.. Therapeutic interventions are really helpful , but I know how expensive it is there… here in Oz we have a government assistance , financially and even free services, My boy is attending an Autism class in a normal school environment , they only have 6 children with 2 teachers in a class , founded by the govt and he is doing great… Talking heaps and concentrating well…
I know how hard it is, I juts want to share this to you , one mom who have a child with Asperger (high functioning Autism) shared this to me… The best therapy you can give your child is EXPERIENCE…. take her out, if she likes water take her for a swim , whatever your child”s interest are give it to her, take her for a walk, shopping, dine out ,, Its hard but I know you can do it,, dont think about what others would say about if your girl is acting out in public…
And that is what we did ,, taking him out all the time, if you have been a constant visitor on my site you can see My boys Big progress…
Do you use VISUAL for her,, most kids with ASD are visual learners and they respond well to it…
All the Best and keep on going on!!!!!!!!
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May 1st, 2009 at 1:40 am
It’s great to hear that her development is improving, Mommy Earth! Congratulations, Tasha!
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May 1st, 2009 at 3:17 am
Congratulations to your daughter. Just like what Joy said, mhirap nga and expensive yung treatments. And she was right na experience will teach her more. I know someone in that situation and his parents always bring him for a stroll and pasyal sa park, malls, beach etc.
Take care always!
May 1st, 2009 at 4:19 am
glad to know she’s improving very well…It’s certainly a good news!
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May 1st, 2009 at 4:20 am
mine is here:http://www.genejostory.com/2009/04/mommy-moments-doctor-doctor-am-i-sick.html…thanks
May 1st, 2009 at 5:06 am
@ Joy D thanks for the inspiring comment, konting panahon nalang din and I am hopeful na magiging unnoticeable na rin ang kanyang peculiarity.
to everyone, thanks for the blog visit and encouraging comments.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:11 am
great job mommy earth and tasha! you are an encouragement to a lot of people…
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May 1st, 2009 at 5:30 am
hi..thanks for the info…ganon ba..let’s just pray na if sobrang vaccines it will trigger autism, they’ll correct it ASAP..you testimony is an encouragement to us all..thanks for telling me…
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May 1st, 2009 at 6:04 am
thats great news Earth! keep it up!
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May 1st, 2009 at 6:23 am
wow ang galing nmn…bilib nmn ako sayu at lahat ngbagay inaalam mo para sa anak mo..ang tali talino mo nmn =) ako ng psych grad nde ko sya gnun maintindhan. im so proud of you mommy! =0 ang galing mong mag alaga ng anak =0
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May 1st, 2009 at 6:31 am
i added you again to my blog roll ha! im sorry i didnt notice nawala ka na pala sa list ko..
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May 2nd, 2009 at 8:33 am
Well done Tasha!!
You must be so proud!!
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May 4th, 2009 at 10:05 am
hi mommy earth,
its my first time to make a comment on your mommy moment entry. but i can’t read the first 2 paragraphs of your post. your google ads cover it. i dunno why
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anyways, good to hear from you that your baby girl is improving a lot.
take care always. and mommy earth care for an xlink?
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March 15th, 2010 at 1:00 pm
Hope that she’s improving everyday. I do hope and pray that all be well with her health.