Been busy lately.

My public school kids are off for the summer so since we just have one working computer there is usually a line in fron of it.LOL!

Valerie of course, is still doing homeschool in the summer.She will regress if she does not. We have begun the plus two adddition tables and will continue to work on that and telling time by the half hour. Her focus on her lessons is improving and she gets a stamp of her choice on her workbook pages when she is finished with each one.

One of the most rewarding thigs about homeschooling a severely autistic young person is knowing that I was able to accomplish things that several years in the public school did not. It is so gratifying to hear her read her books out loud and be able to answer some simplee questions about thhe pictures.Of course we are still working on her other deficits in self care, behavior and communication. We are planning to join and Autism Social group in the fall. I am researching distance ABA programs that we could potentially start.

One of our chief concerns right now is the skyrocketing cost of the gas it takes to drive her to thirty-six therapy sessions a month. She gets one right after another so we go three dayss a week. We are in a rural area so we have to go about thirty miles one way.We may have to cut dowwn to one day aa week so I want to be able to make up for that as much as I can.