Jennifer Briggs

This week was the first week where we reached my goal of 20 hours. We actually did 20 hrs and 15 min. As usual there were many good things this week and some rough patches. Wed/Thurs I hit a very rough patch personally where I sort of crashed and burned. I felt hopeless and incapable… Read more »

17 hours! Part of that was the outreach and part was having my mom and stepfather visit, each of whom did time in the room and also watched Amy while I went in the room. This was a short week of days for SR compared to usual since we went away Fri-Sun. I noticed that… Read more »

We had our biggest week ever: 19 hours!  This included 2 days of Megan being here for the Outreach (my week tally is from Sun-Sat). I forgot to mention a highlight from 2 weeks ago. Grammy and Granddad sent the girls a Cozy Coupe (little yellow and red car they can drive by moving their… Read more »

This past week we got 16 hours of official time, 11 of which I did. Both Gregory and Carl had some of their best sessions yet. Gregory incorporated the idea of getting a green light from Sarah, meaning that she is ready for input. He was focusing more on connecting than on language, which resulted… Read more »

Last week we got a whopping 17 hours!!! That is the most we have ever gotten. This past weekend my dad and stepmom were here and they noticed a big difference from when they saw Sarah in February. Both they and Carl’s mother noticed a marked increase in eye contact. It is as if sometimes… Read more »

15 hours! And I fully expect us to have big weeks from here on for most of the summer. We have some new volunteers, some regular and some to fill in when they can. I am also now going to take Amy to daycare some mornings and get an extra couple of hours with Sarah…. Read more »

This week we got 9 hours and 40 minutes of official Sarah-Rise time. We are still gluten-free. For the past 3 days I have also given Sarah a chewable probiotic. I’m not sure if this is doing anything but I think it probably can’t hurt and might help her digestive system overall. We also have… Read more »

This past week we were away on vacation with friends from college. We rented a house in CA, 2 hours north of San Francisco and we had a fabulous time. The girls did well with all the travel, even if they didn’t like some parts of it. They even did well yesterday with our sprint… Read more »

This week we clocked 14 hours and 15 minutes! Of that time, I personally did 9 hours and 15 minutes in the room with her. Woohoo!!! We had a lot of fun with various toy pieces (eg matching squares, cakes, candles) and my asking “does it go here?” (emphasis on the “here”) and putting it… Read more »

This week we got 10 hours and 10 minutes of official time. We also had a new (returning from college) volunteer start on Saturday. YAY!! Gluten-free eating is still going well, though not with any notable behavioral differences. Sarah’s excited hands and jaw movements have lessened but we think they lessened before we went gluten-free…. Read more »