Zeke is done with preschool at USDB

 I wrote this post  back in June and have failed to post it so I thought I better post on this poor neglected blog. 

  Zeke is doing so well and he gets to go to a normal little preschool in the fall. (He is currently going to one now.) We are going to miss Utah School for the Deaf and his wonderful teacher! We got  his end of year Aural Habilitation Summary  in the mail and I couldn't be more proud of Zeke!

It says:

Zeke is a 4-year-old preschool two student with a profound bilateral hearing loss. He has 2 cochlear implants and wears them 100% of the time.  WIth his implants, Zeke's hearing tests within the mild to normal hearing range.

Zeke has been attending Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind's auditory oral preschool program where the focus of the curriculum is auditory, language, and speech development. He has recieved both small group and individual auditory-based speech and language therapy.

Language:  Zeke has made excellent progress this year. At the end of the 2010 school year he was using 3-4 word utterances and now uses many 7-9 word grammatically correct sentences.  According to standdardized testing he is functioning withing the average range when compared to his same age hearing peers.  He is bright and learns new vocabulary and language structures quickly.

Speech:  Zeke's speech is  100% intelligible. He can produce all vowels and consonants correctly at the phonologic and running speech level. At times he may need to be reminded to use a known speech sound correctly, but will correct it with an auditory model.

 Auditory Skills:  Zeke has made excellent progress in his auditory skill development.  He had some difficutly adjusting to his new implant but this resolved after a few therapy sessions with the new device only.  At the beginning of the year, Zeke had difficulty repeating 5 word familiar sentences leaving off articles and be verbs.  His auditory memory skills have improved significantly as he is now able to approximate 7-9 word sentences.  He can repeat 4 single digit numbers presented in random sequence and follow 3 step related directions.  He can detect foolish statements about a familiar topic and fill in missing phrases from songs and nursery rhymes.  He answers riddles with three clues and is able to repeat all of the clues. He can discriminate rhyming words with initial consonants different by manner, voicing and place.

Summary: Zeke has made excellent progress this year and will be mainstreamed next school year!


Isn't that great! I am so happy he has done so well and he continues to improve everyday!

This is Zeke's amazing teacher, Teacher Shellee,  who we are going to miss so much! She is such a wonderful teacher who truly cares about these little kids.

Most of Zeke's little class on the last day of school. We are going to miss all Zeke's little friends that he has made at school! He loves each one of them!