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Old 01-31-2005, 02:12 PM   #48
citygirlsmom
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Something else to do while you are waiting for diagnosis...when my daughter was having her problems, we took her indoor rock climbing....she was small but it did wonders for her coordination, having to use both sides of the brain was so good for her....she could suceed or not, but the left right side movements helped her coordination at all levels....another thing is art...painting, drawing, anything fun...we also did games where we al used the "other hand" forcing her to think in a different way, as we all did it together, she could laugh at us, when she was patched (her good eye was covered up to 8 hours a day) she had to look at words, pictures and tv etc with her weak eye...we also looked at letters in street signs, etc as they are in different fonts and I would say "I can't see that letter" and she would "help" me. DId wonders for self esteem, was practical practice, and it was a game as well. Find other ways to "read". But not putting on pressure. That is really important. I wore the patch as well sometimes tp see what my child was going through
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