Thanksgiving Feast

The students helped to prepare Thanksgiving Day feast. They made pumpkin pie and cranberry relish. Yummy! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!

Funny Turkey

The turkey says, "gobble,gobble." What do you say?

Progress Monitoring

The first period for progress monitoring notes will be sent home the week of November 20th. Please look for them to come in the mail. If you have any questions or concerns with the reports, please contact me. mlundy@iu17.org Thank-you!

Looking at the pictures....what can you tell me about the first Thanksgiving?
1. Who was there?
2. What did they eat?
3. What were they thankful for?

Ling Sounds

The ling sounds are speech sounds that can be detected on an audiogram. A person with a hearing loss needs to detect these sounds in order to have speech and vocalizations. These six sounds all fall into the speech banana. The ling sounds are: /00/ as in ghost, /s/ as in snake, /m/ as in mmmm good!, /sh/ as in quiet, /ee/ as in squeak said the mouse, /ah/ as in the sound of an airplane flying. It is recomended to do the ling sounds to check for detection and discrimination of speech with and without amplification.

Woody

Hey there, Woody, "Happy Halloween!" "Where's Buzz?"

Trick or Treat

The students dressed in their favorite costumes to go "trick or treating." They got lots of candy. Happy Halloween!

Parent Task Force/LICC Meeting

Parent Task Force/LICC Meeting

November 2, 2009
6:00-7:00pm.
BlaST IU #17 office, 2400 Reach Rd.
Wmspt., PA 17701

What is this meeting about?

The South Wmspt. Police force will discuss " Project Lifesaver," an electronic technology to locate missing persons. It has recently been used to successfully locate at least two individuals in the Lycoming County area.

Come hear about this excellent program and meet other parents of children with disabilities.

If you require child care, please contace Marily Ely, #326-7895.

Aha Moment...

Today, I attended the Hear Now and Forever Conference in Wilkes Barre, PA. The key note speaker, Kris English spoke about audiograms. She said, "an audiogram is just a map." It is important to also consider the child to determine the best intervention. "How old is he?, " "How old was he at the age of on set?," " What are the family dynamics?, " "What are his likes and dislikes? " An audiogram is just a map. What does an audiogram tell us? Very little....... Get to know the child.

Fall

Today, we made apple prints. We talked about the signs of Fall.
What do we see in Fall?
We see colored leaves. We see squirrels. We see apples. We see pumpkins. What do you see?

Pumpkin Patch

There were lots of pumpkins to pick at the pumpkin patch.

Fall Break

A reminder that EI is on break Thursday, Oct. 15th and Friday , October 16th. No services will be provided on these dates.

Pumpkins

My family and I are now off to the pumpkin patch. :)

assignment

Today I completed my website assignment. I need to always keep in mind that it takes longer to complete assignments than planned. Whew! I'm glad to be done.

Tech Class

I just created my first blog. How exciting!