This Week in Our Journey: Ending December 12, 2008

DD had the best week so far this school year! No outbursts at school and did very well on her behavior chart!!!!!!!! Praise God!!! As of Monday, she is totally off her lithium. So that makes 3 medications she is now off. Wednesday it snowed!!!! DD loved it and made a snow angel and threw snowballs. Today we had our third ARD meeting for the year. I feel that we made the most progress as far as IEPs and BIPs in several years. The district support teacher who was assigned to come in and help did just that. We have had several in the past who have not made any new suggestions and one even said she was at a lost as to what to suggest. This one has spent several days observing, getting to know and working with DD. Tonight we went and saw Bethlehem City at our former church and then went and saw the Dearing Dazzle light show. This has been our third year for doing both and has become a Christmas Tradition of our family.

Have a great weekend!

Snow in Kingwood

We had several hours of snow yesterday in the area! It is a pretty big deal when it snows around here. The HS students after church last night had fun having snow ball fights.

Gluten Free, Casein Free Pancakes

Thanks to my mom sending DD some gluten free products, DD had pancakes this past weekend. She liked them so much she wants them for breakfast every morning. This particular brand is Bob's Red Mill and it comes in a 22 oz bag. There is a store locator on their website to find stores that carry their products.

It calls for 1 1/2 cups of the mix and 3/4 cup milk. The batter was a little thick, so next time I am going to increase the milk to 1 cup.

Burkhart Center for Autism Education and Research

In doing research for DD's upcoming ARD I found the website for the Burkhart Center. The Burkhart Center is part of Texas Tech's College of Education. I found a wealth of information on it, especially related to behavioral issues. Some of the information was new to me. I am adding this to my links section. I definitely recommend visiting the following modules:

Module Two: Communication

Module Three: Social and Behavioral Issues