The Chicago Cubs - connecting Dylan with our family passion
I grew up a baseball fan, but used to laugh when my boyfriend, Roy would check the news at night to see if the Cubs won, since it seemed...
Co-drawing and Communication
This is the last page of the first book we co-drew and wrote at home about Dylan and Dad putting the tables together for School-Home. In...
Tactile Sign Language to Support Visual Sign Language
I remember the first time I felt Dylan’s hands on mine as I signed to him, and how quickly his attention shifted to that signing and my...
From Choice to Voice
Dylan’s expressive language development has been a slow process filled with lots of patience and consistency, before suddenly a new way...
Imitation or Initiation of Language
I was talking with Dylan’s Intervener this week about the Communication Matrix and how initiation is such a key aspect of expressive...
The danger in doing the right things, but measuring the wrong thing
Have you ever felt like you were doing everything you possibly could to help your child or student communicate, and yet felt frustrated...
The Joy of Communicating
Photo credit Shulse Photography - used with permission I knew my son was Deaf at 5 days of age. I also knew he had blind spots in his...
Learning language vs learning through language
Last week I was fortunate to be able to attend a workshop by Millie Smith for teachers of students with vision impairments and other...
Learning from Dylan
Welcome to Learning from Dylan. It’s hard to believe it's been a year since I made perhpas my hardest decision ever, the decision to...
School or School-Home that is the question
If you're new to this blog you may be wondering why we decided to teach Dylan, our 17-year old son with CHARGE syndrome, at home. I will...
