Grace started Conductive Education this week. (you can watch the video on the website for an overview of the program) The regular program is an intensive 4 week, 5 days per week, 4 hour per day program and is quite expensive. So, we are currently doing an abbreviated version of the program to see if this is something we think will be beneficial to Grace. Insurance does not cover it and our schedule is already pretty packed, so I really need to be convinced this is the best thing for Grace before we make the investment of time and money. We are going on Wed and Thurs for 2 1/2 hours for 4 weeks. The first day consisted of 2 hours of screaming (Grace not me). I had been told this was to be expected. The second day was much better...there was crying but only about an hour and it was not the screaming we had the day before. So far, I'm just confused. They don't want Grace to wear her braces, they don't want to use a reverse walker but a want to use a forward walker...this is all different from what our PT and OT want us to do. I haven't talked to our PT about how the past 2 days have gone and am very interested in what he has to say. So, as I said...I'm confused. More info all off this later.
Sorry...not photos...we've been BUSY!!!!
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Can't wait to see those precious kids :) It's been 3 days and I'm going through withdrawal
We did something similar to CE for Elizabeth. They also did not want Elizabeth in her AFO's or to use her walker (any walker) as they wanted her to be independant. I took an ecclectic approach and took a little from each of her therapists. For us AFO's are her legs and without them she really has a hard time, I did want her to be independant so I only used the walker when we were out and left her to cruise at home. You have to take what you think will work for Grace and your family. Good luck with the CE. I don't know how you find all the time to do everything with 3 little ones.
Would love to hear your opinion of CE when you are done. I am not sure it is something I would be able to afford for Nathan (unless I can get it covered) but if it works then it is something I will have to look into.
We are starting something similiar in another week. I hope she starts enjoying it soon. Keep us updated:)
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