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Normally Lyra’s TVI and OT come separately.?? Lately they have been coming for visits together to try and work with Lyra outside where she is less familiar with the environment.?? However, the last two Tuesday’s when they have come, it has been raining outside. So, here is a video of their...

Lyra’s early intervention team recently completed her yearly re-evaluation. Lyra is 2 years and 4 months old.?? Her goals are updated at least once every 6 months.?? Here are her current goals for vision, cognitive skills, gross motor, and fine motor.?? Her speech and language goals can be seen...

As I may have mentioned before, over the last 2 years, writing has sort of become my therapy. I recently had my 4th article published in Albinism Insight.?? The article is about emergent literacy in children with low vision.?? The information can really be applied to ALL children with low vision, not...

Recently, our family has been reconnected with the Parents as Teachers program.?? We first participated in the program 5 years ago in a different school district, with Dominick. Parents as Teachers (PAT) is an early childhood parent and family support program serving families throughout pregnancy until...

This past spring, our family attended an event at our local Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired called Literacy Lollapalooza. This all day workshop type event included a variety of sessions designed to promote literacy in children with visual impairments. One of the activities that was...

We recently updated Lyra’s speech and language goals on her IFSP. Her speech therapist has been coming weekly for the last 12 weeks. She’s doing great and we’re considering changing her sessions to biweekly instead of weekly. She went above and beyond meeting her first set of goals...