Posts Tagged ‘Milestone Monday’

Mirielle is demonstrating improved tolerance for wearing her glasses following adjustments made to her band by Mom and VIPS DI Tammy. Mom reports that she is now wearing her glasses for longer periods of time throughout the day. She is showing progress in her ability to focus and visually track toys, objects, and familiar family…

During a recent visit with Miss Julia, Elliott wore his glasses for most of the visit and started tracking items visually on the light box. And, he can visually locate the on/off button so he can turn the light box on himself, developing important cause-and-effect skills. Way to go, Elliot. We are all so proud…

Emery is a remarkable child and continues to make wonderful progress across all areas of her development. Curious, determined, and eager to learn, she approaches new challenges with confidence and enthusiasm. In this picture, she is proudly shown walking down steep stairs independently, with her mom, and VIPS DI Tammy and O&M Ashley close by…

Ezra is making steady progress in his developmental skills. He demonstrates enjoyment when observing lights and bright objects and is beginning to reach toward, grasp, and hold his toys, showing emerging coordination and interaction with his environment. We are so excited for you, Ezra!

We are featuring Elise today for Milestone Monday. She is working very hard on hand-eye coordination! Here she is successfully putting together a puzzle and putting shapes into a shape sorter. Yay, Elise!

We’re back with another Milestone Monday, and today we are celebrating Wells. During his morning routine at school, he initiated using both hands! Using both hands is an important skill for body and tactile awareness. We are so proud of you, Wells.

Today, we celebrate Roxanne and her puzzle-solving skills! We would also like to recognize Roxanne’s mom, Dakota (heard in the audio). She is Roxanne’s first and best teacher, as she encourages and prompts Roxanne to problem solve for herself! Way to go, Roxanne.

Kilani has been a VIPS kid for a few months and his doing great! She loves her string lights and new toys (Thank you, volunteers.) Today she actively used both eyes together to search for others when we said their name, to track her favorite toys and red light, and with moms assistance, to reach…

Roxanne has been working so hard at O&M training (orientation and mobility). She recently transitioned from using a precane to her very own long white cane! She really enjoyed learning to navigate the stairs in Kids Town using her cane. Keep up the great work, Roxanne!

Penelope is doing amazing things since starting with VIPS! She is finally tolerating her patch and starting to really use her weaker eye. She is starting to coordinate use of her eyes with her extremities and to look above her head! She is usually very hesitant with new objects and especially new textures, but today…