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Dear Lynne, Preparatory to her upcoming annual IEP we just received one of our therapists’ written status reports on our granddaughter. What a fantastic job has been done over the past year and a half! When first seen she had severe receptive and expressive language problems (on top of being autistic). Spontaneous speech was confined to single word nouns and very few of those. Obviously her communicative ability was restricted, almost totally confined to labeling items. On the good side her words could be clearly understood. We began using two of your staff, Carrie Confer Kebelbeck and Vicki Claymon. And now, only a year and a half later, we have a young girl (almost 4) who, using 4-5 word sentences, can appropriately describe actions and has a vocabulary that surprises us daily. The additional work of Vicki and her daughter utilizing homemade instructional videos (do you know a 4 year old who doesn’t watch videos?) has really hit home. Our granddaughter has substantially increased her receptivity of the world around her as shown by ability to request, follow simple directions and answer most structured questions. Given her diagnosis of autism and the well-known accompanying communication handicap, this progress is, to us, amazing. I believe credit goes to Vicki and Carrie’s structured, organized and well thought out therapy sessions. We thank you for your personal encouragement, patience and positive thoughts. Best wishes for continued success. Bob and Sandie
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