The therapists at CNIB and Children's are partnering to provide group therapy sessions so that we as parents can benefit from the expertise of professionals specializing in infant development and vision loss. The point of the group is to provide parents the opportunity to network and share ideas, to support parents in facilitating skill development in all developmental areas during every day activities, to provide parents and child the opportunity to practice these skills, and to increase awareness of additional resources.
The first session was today on sensory exploration. They had several stations set up including a vibration mat (which Taylor loved and then fell asleep on), the little room (always a hit with Taylor), messy play on a lightbox wrapped in saran wrap (we skipped on the messy stuff and found some squishy stuff in ziplocs instead), various musical instruments (that we didn't get to), and "Nessie", a huge musical water instrument (unfortunately Taylor didn't find that too interesting today because she was tired).
This afternoon we had an appointment with Infant Team back at Children's. We're still working on much of the same positioning techniques but talked about a few new things...
- From her back, pulling Taylor up to sitting, allowing her to put her arm out to start pushing through her arm and pulling up through side.
- When on her tummy, pulling one leg in at a time towards hip to help her propel herself in commando crawling.
- Try pausing in movement games like bouncing on knee and waiting for Taylor to "tell us" (ie facial/body movement) that she would like to continue.
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