Appointment!

We have an appointment with Dr. Berger in Tampa finally although it is a ways away from now - September 7th! Yup, September, which is to be expected. There were only a few availabilities for Sept. and then the rest in November. We are on the waiting list for any possible cancellations or openings, but I am not counting on any.

Adam and I have been busy researching and reading. We have been kicking around beginning GFCF diet full force instead of what we have tried in the past and looking into all aspects of that.

We are also kicking around starting Jake on a program called Fast ForWord for reading and comprehension as well as cognitive development. It is supposed to have wonderful results with children with Autism as well as be a really excellent accompaniment to an ABA program. This program looks to have fantastic benefits and is very suitable towards Jake's current areas of deficit as well as something that interests him completely - computer games! :) Unfortunately the program runs about $500 per month when you use a host program through a clinic in your own home. I can't imagine how much the program is to buy, but I have seen some crazy licensing prices. The good thing would be that most children use the program for 2-6 months. So we are only talking $1000-$3000..... ugh.

Its probably my imagination but Jake seems to really be opening up with more focus during our "home therapy sessions" He is able to identify his flash cards for color words with just a regular black type on a white card (we have progressed from colored cards with a white word for the color, the color word in its own color, matching the color word using a black and white flash card to a picture of the color, etc) We were thrilled with his progress. This weekend we will be starting our touch point math.

Hoping for more news to follow soon on his developments!