Thursday, July 02, 2009

Major Shift in Communication and Vast Increase in Spoken Language











Sonya Shafer said...

Hallelujah! Praising the Lord for the progress you're seeing and praying that He will continue giving you both the strength to persevere. You are doing a good work, dear -- both of you!

Cindi said...

This is just amazing! I am thrilled for Pamela and the family. It really is a break through.

I am still eye-balling the program you are using, and plan to bring it up with doctors in September when Jackson starts going for all his therapies.

The Glasers said...

Sonya, I am thanking God your the page on your site that led me to RDI. Thanks for you prayers!!!!

Cindi, it is breath-taking . . . things that I thought could never change, are changing because we taught her these abilities through guided participation (RDI):

* Pamela CAN rapidly shift attention between two objects, two faces, or faces and objects.

* Pamela CAN follow eye gaze and figure out what other people are seeing.

* Pamela CAN read and use facial expressions, gestures, prosody, etc.

* Pamela CAN share joint attention and no when someone else is drifting.

* Pamela CAN have a simple conversation that neither person controls and that flows in unusual directions.

* Pamela CAN understand slapstick humor and laughs at the cues leading up to a repeated gag and the variations that makes a repeated gag funny.

Laughing Stars said...

What wonderful, wonderful news!

argsmommy said...

When I talk about the effectiveness of RDI with other people, I almost always use your sweet Pamela as an example. You are both such an encouragement.

The Glasers said...

Cindi, most doctors are not up on the latest and greatest in the field of autism. I learned that one time when I explained Margaret Bauman's research to a flabbergasted neurologist back in 1994 . . . she didn't know what sensory integration was either. The pediatrician told me that autism has nothing to do with food allergies nor does chronic incurable eczema. Pamela's eczema went into remission when we put her on a GF/CF diet and treated her yeast . . .