Don’t Forget to Laugh!

 

I must admit-I have had an extremely busy couple of months.  Our office is growing!  Patients seem to be coming out of the woodworks (yes!)   We have hired 2 new therapists and it feels like we need at least one more.  A few weeks ago I was beginning to feel a bit frustrated.  One of my patients had seemed to hit a plateau-he wasn’t making as much progress as he was making before.   But then the funniest thing happened.  I was sitting with him on the rug at his preschool.  We were doing a following directions activity and all of a sudden he said something to make me laugh!  This little four year old made Miss Adrienne laugh!  I realized that this is why I do this job-I do it for moments like these.  In one moment of a crazy day filled with many obligations-a four year truly put a smile on my face.  Then I remembered that one year ago he came into our office for therapy-he could only cry and scream because he had no words. He literally would cry and scream for a half hour.  Fast forward one year later-he is using 4-5 word sentences.  I am writing all of this to say that about this time of year our kids can sometimes do things to frustrate us-to make us think that they may not be making as much progress as they should.  But think about where they were a year ago or even at the beginning of the school year.  When you think about it-they have come so far!  A few weeks ago I forgot to recognize the small moments.  I am here to remind you to enjoy this journey with your little ones and don’t forget to laugh with them-you will be SO glad that you did!

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2017-04-08T05:00:46-04:00 By |Life Skills|

About the Author:

Adrienne Fuller M.S., CCC-SLP is the clinical director and Owner of SpeechBuilders Speech/Language and OccupationalTherapy in Apopka, Florida. She earned her Master’s Degree at the University of New Hampshire. She is passionate about making all children from all backgrounds ready for kindergarten. She is also the co-writer of the book "Putting Your Dreams To Work-Keys to Setting Up Your Therapy Practice" and " Start Your Engines: A Roadmap for Your Clinical Fellowship." Her most recent book titled, "30 Days to Get Your Toddler Talking" is a step by step guide for parents and caregivers of toddlers who are not yet talking or talking very little.

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