"Work with Little Girl Number 1. As I mentioned in my last post, Little Girl Number 1 is three years old, has cerebral palsy and is getting ready to be adopted by an American Family through the Gladney Center for Adoption. This session we focus on self-help skills to make her more independent with her daily routines. With instruction and stabilization (to compensate for core weakness and increased muscle tone in her legs and arms), determined Little Girl Number 1 completes the majority of undressing and dressing herself, which is quite a feat! During this, we also work on snapping and unsnapping fasters and working with the Velcro on her ankle/foot braces. Then it’s snack time and we focus on using a fork to eat and drinking from a cup without a lid. The high tone in her thumbs and the low tone in her mouth also makes this a difficult task but she perseveres, listening to instructions and tolerating help with a smile on her face the entire session. We finish by working on the sequence and movements needed to wash her hands."I know the staff at Chiquitines is amazing. I have heard nothing but good things about the staff there. It is so wonderful, though, to know that she is getting some personal, targeted attention while we are not there to love on her. Hopefully we will be there soon!
And let me just say that I am super impressed with her skills, since Caroline, who is 10 months older than Luisa, has just now begun to dress and undress herself. :)
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