Back to speech again yesterday. Demi's therapist was again impressed that she was "on." She was also impressed that Demi was initiating portions of the conversation or was making pertinent comments about the pictures they were looking at. Typically, Demi was doing well to repeat a 3-4 word sentence. This time, the therapist was giving her the sentence to say. Demi would clearly (in most cases) repeat the sentence, plus she would add something on to it.
Almost at the end of the session, the therapist turned to me and said that she clearly saw a significant improvement in Demi's speech over the last month. And it's been almost a month since she commented about the language holes filling up. She commented that it could very well be due to the liquid zeolite detox drops, since that was the only thing that has changed.
Since Demi's mind seems to be opening up, we're going to develop a summer program for her. Unfortunately, we'll only have one more official session with this therapist. She will be leaving the area to pursue her PhD in speech. Before she leaves, however, she'll make sure we have a plan for Demi's continued development. Demi will also receive summer services from the school system, but I don't know the details yet.
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