admin | September 30, 2007
This is a new post, but old information. Originally I had posted a complete copy of Lyra’s original IFSP. However, because of privacy concerns, I removed that link. From this point on, rather than posting the complete file, I will just copy and paste the relevant information from the IFSPs. I will be updating a [...]
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admin | September 28, 2007
We just completed Lyra’s annual IFSP review. We added goals/objectives for the next 6 months. She will be having a speech evaluation and an O&M evaluation in the coming weeks. We will add goals/objectives in those areas once the evaluations are complete. She is scheduled for Oct. 16th to update her Functional Vision Assessment. Lyra’s [...]
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admin | September 3, 2007
Lyra’s Functional Vision Assessment -completed August 2006 when Lyra was 3 months old.
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admin | September 2, 2007
Here is Lyra’s IFSP. She was 4 months old when it was written. We are just beginning her annual review to update all of her goals. I hope this is helpful to other parents. Lyra’s IFSP Lyra’s “Present Level of Development” -This is actually included with Lyra’s IFSP. It was written before the actual IFSP [...]
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admin | July 26, 2007
Lyra is walking pretty much all the time. I rarely see her crawl anymore. This is AWESOME…except that she is like a pinball when she walks. I keep the toys, books, blankets and sippy cups picked up as much as possible, but Lyra drags everything out all over the place. Then she walks around the [...]
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admin | April 30, 2007
On Saturday March 31st, my husband Troy and I participated in a training session through the Children’s Center for the Visually Impaired called O&M(orientation and mobility) Patrol. The goals were to get an idea of what its like to live with low vision and to gain a better understanding of various ways to improve [...]
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admin | April 10, 2007
4-3-07 Today Lyra and Miss Kim, her “teacher of the visually impaired” worked on putting on and taking off stars on her star stacker toy. She is pretty good with the taking off, but not so coordinated when it comes to putting them back on. We also read some books, encouraging tactile exploration. She did [...]
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admin | March 1, 2007
Today at Lyra’s OT session, we began updating her IFSP goals/outcomes for the next 6 months. These are what we want Lyra to be doing somewhere between now and when she is 16 months old. We really just got started with updating these today. We may add some goals in these areas and we still [...]
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admin | February 5, 2007
Early Intervention Services-4 months-present Vision Specialist and Occupational Therapist come once a week for an hour, one on Tuesday, the other on Thursday. Work on vision skills- tracking, following, depth perception Work on motor skills, reaching, grasping, holding head up, rolling over Work on using vision and motor skills together- opening mouth when spoon is [...]
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