Tag: ABM
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Mostly Smiles
The progress Mattie has made cognitively the past 6 months is so significant I sometimes can’t even believe it myself. Mattie was not even talking last November. She finally passed her hearing test in December (on my birthday) and has made so much progress. She has at least 50 words she uses along with 20…
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Moving Forward – Our Cross Country Trip
Jim, Mattie, and I recently got back from our 9 day trip to California. This trip has been in the making for the past year. The main ABM Center is in San Rafael, just north of San Francisco. Since starting ABM 15 months ago, I knew that we just had to go out there to…
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Run for Mattie
The Run for Mattie Team just completed the Gasparilla ½ Marathon on February 24th. Our Fund-Racing team for this race consisted of 7 members who all worked hard to “Run for Mattie”. As a team we raised over $2,500 for this race. We were just amazed at the generous donations that kept pouring in and…
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Signed Jersey Raffle
Only 3 days left to enter for your chance to win a Rob Gronkowski Signed Jersey! The jersey will be inscribed personally for the winner and signed. For every $10 donated, you will be entered into the drawing (example: $10 donation = 1 chance to win; $50 donation = 5 chances to win). The winner will…
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Big Decisions
With all this cognitive development going on, Mattie had not really been “working” on her gross motor skills. Since our last post we have had quite a few ABM sessions in Gainesville and in NYC. We also started back doing cranial sacral massages. The NYC trip went very well. By the last session, Mattie was…
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The Price of Success
In a recent post we discussed the differences in traditional therapy (OT/PT) and ABM and the resulting clash of theories. The simplest way I can describe the difference is that the traditional theory wants a special needs child to mimic the development of a healthy child in milestones and timelines, while ABM focuses on the…
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Reaching Our Goals – One Milestone At A Time
It is not easy for me to ask for help. In fact I hate it. I know Jim feels the same way. So for us to make the decision to put ourselves out there to our family, friends and strangers was no easy decision. I knew we had to if we were going to give…
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New York, New York
Jim: At the end of our family vacation in Albany, we placed our son Joba on a plane with his grandmother and headed to NYC for 3 days of ABM intensive therapy sessions with Marcy. Marcy is one of the most advanced ABM practitioners we have brought Mattie to for therapy. Jess: We stayed 2…
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Noses and Glasses
We have had a busy June and July. August is looking pretty full as well. Traveling for ABM is really taking a chunk of our free time. Since the last update in June (First Steps), we have done 10 ABM sessions with another 5 more on the schedule for July! Mattie is starting to have better…
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First Steps
Since going to Gainesville a few weekends ago, Mattie has been making steady progress. She rolls everywhere these days and still is trying to sit up the hard way! She is much more relaxed and has been better playing with her cognitive toys. I have been trying to teach her what a nose is. I…