Category Archives: Jake’s Legs

Jake’s Therapy: Is This Your Monkey?

Posted on June 4, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

When I was in school, I never would have thought I would be begging for extra work to do over the summer break. With Jake, however, I need all the help I can get to get through the gap between … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged adventures in medicine, auditory processing problems, hypotonia, occupational therapy, pediatric therapy, physical therapy, sensory processing disorder | 5 Comments

Jake Makes the Cut

Posted on May 25, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

Today was the Big Assessment To Determine Jake’s Future. It wasn’t really called that, but that was certainly how it felt. Since Jake is going to time out of the Resource Exchange, which provides in-home therapy for children 2 years … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged occupational therapy, pediatric therapy, preschool assessment, sensory processing disorder, special needs preschool, speech therapy | 2 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: Yay for Jake!

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

Yesterday was a great day in our life of therapy sessions. I don’t know how many times I’ve taken Jake to an appointment, thinking that everything would be so great, only to have Jake turn into a monkey’s bottom somewhere … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged child psychologist, echolalia, feeding therapy, pediatric occupational therapy, sensory processing disorder | 3 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: Something Different

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

Today has been a learning day. I feel like I learn something almost every day, even if it’s something small, such as learning that a nail sticking out of the floor really isn’t going to take care of itself. And, that … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs | Tagged feeding therapy, Jake's Therapy, parenting children with special needs, sensory processing disorder, speech therapy | 4 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: What For?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

A question I seem to be asked a lot lately is why we are doing therapy with Jake. When I hear a question once or twice, I don’t think much about it. When it comes up five or six times, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged echolalia, hypotonia, low muscle tone, occupational therapy, physical therapy, sensory integration disorder, sensory processing disorder, speech delay, speech therapy | 4 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: Sweet Jake

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Mary Jacobson Smith

My sweet little Jake is back! Most mothers say those words after their son has been away at college or spent a year or two being deployed. My little guy didn’t actually leave my house, but was somehow replaced by … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs | Tagged autism, feeding therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, sensory processing disorder, swaddling for sensory disorders | 5 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Mary Jacobson Smith

The last month I have been quiet on the therapy front since there hasn’t been much to say. We’re still doing therapy and it’s still a lot the same. Jake improves in his eating, talking, and physical developement, but it is still … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged occupational therapy, pediatric developemental delay, physical therapy, sensory processing disorder, speech therapy | 2 Comments

Jake’s Therapy: Is This a Cow?

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Mary Jacobson Smith

It’s been an interesting week of therapy, so I’ve waited to write until my mind could munch on everything a bit. On Monday, we met with Lisa. The unfortunate part of being involved with a state-run program is I’ve had … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Fingers, Jake's Legs, The Kid's Speech | Tagged Benik vest, echolalia, occdupational therapy, pediatric rehabilitation, physical therapy, sensory processing disorder, speech therapy | 4 Comments

Jake’s Legs: Preparation for Life

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Mary Jacobson Smith

We reached another milestone in Jake’s therapy today since we finally had his physical therapy assessment this morning. Whenever we’ve reached a milestone, there has been much rejoicing and excitement. After today, I kinda wanted to kick this particular milestone … Continue reading →

Posted in Jake's Legs | Tagged Jake's fingers, Jake's legs, physical therapy, physical therapy assessment, playing, strengthening exercises | 3 Comments