HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-04-18, Page 24.4
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_ The DAP included intense pb '
therapy, speech, acquiring language
responding to communication, feedin. r
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drinkitig 'skills. -
Goals Were istxup for. Crystal in May
she had achieved them .all by September,
worker folloWed-Ai :the DAP program ,-
„hom9-ift**-04,413 month stay in Lod
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for iVfilithei six to eight week period
complete the work. ,
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DevelOps Perionallty
And-iihat success. "She came •honi
a personality," says het. -Mother, 4,
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drew Crystal out of herself."
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She 'loves the trampoline at CPRI
giregVen:piowiiiht 7:16raitnitirrleamg pomolinveem. e;;.
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identify mgsii. She ' recognizes Anne M
ray's ibtigaimitte radio and the music ,
the album,. Annie, the broadway mus
eSh,lnieow:047finLnjoy:sap:inon:u.g,:hg,4,housing„whnuti.;ii
II:Oink, held upside down Which 'once I :
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She - a always es o to her kr 1
.. mother* Itheat Whitby. and now resins
the mention °flier name, !Planna” an
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very excited • when' t ileF, sister, Ail
suggests thercall,flanna Olie pholl4, M(.":
, lito,
will listenrtoher Sannet, voice over:,
phone and recognizing it, . squeals .. ,
delight.
-The DAP pregram also dirrected he
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abuse such -as banging her head on,
headboard of her bed. As Barb points'
Crystal .did not know an appropriate exp I
frustration'
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sion for her feelings because she ell
speak to voice her auger or
One of Crystal's biggest stumblingbi
has been her refusal to eat. She will onl
baby food and then only the fruit. And s
smart enough to know if you are tryhi
sneak vegetables in along with the',
Crystal can be very stubborn about ea,
'and her DAP program worker could*
her to eat.
Many times parents of handicap
children have to learn to be firm and.
CPRI Workers Were surprised to see just„
firm Barb can be with Crystal when,
refuses to eat It was one of the few timeS,,
worker learned from the parents hovitp
firm with the child to achieve results,),
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Clockwise from upper left: On tlfrie pholitetik,,Nauna; with
sister, Angela; touch your toes, Crystal and a kiss_ for mont
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rhoos by Sharon Dietz
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HugsAreNew
Hugs aie new since the DAP progr
because Crystal - is • reaching out
expressing herself more and a real laugh,
mime since her completion -of the pro
"Her progress was a beautiful
exciting thing to see, says her nursery se
teacher.
•-The future is , still an unknown. Will
walk? , Will she learn to thlk? The
involved with Crystal's program have
significant moral support to her parO
CPiti IS very optimistic and they are all4
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