The school year seems to be going fairly well for him. He is getting used to his classroom teacher again (she was out a few months for maternity leave).
They are looking for ways for him to be more independent with communication, and ways he can access a switch more independently. We are still waiting on an extended trial of the PRC Eco 2 eye gaze communication device. Hopefully when we do try it out we can find some really fun and motivating activities for him to help him learn how to use it. They are also doing something interesting with helping him to be able to spell out words (even though he may not even know his alphabet yet, and he certainly wouldn't know how to spell much) but she feels it is a meaningful activity for him and he seems to be interested in it.
He gets PE/PT every day at his school, which is something that would not be happening if we stayed in Chicago...in fact, many Chicago schools do not have PE at all!!!! About 3 days a week he is in a stander doing activities during that period. The other two days they have been using his gait trainer. He likes being in his gait trainer but she has not been successful in getting him to take any steps by himself. And just this past week, they tried him on an adapted tricycle. After some considerable trial and error and a lot of assistance they were able to get him moving and he really loved it! She said his smile lit up the room! She said she would take some video next time and email it to me. I am very excited to see it.
