Tuesday Feb. 26,2008

We have been going through some frustrations with Dore and school lately. It has been hard on both of us. She seemed to be struggling a lot with school work and with some of the exercises as well. After seeing Dr. Sue, our new chiropractor, about her recent run in illnesses, Dr. Sue picked up that Paige is feeling afraid to succeed as this might bring along with it, higher expectations. She has her saying, "I am happy....I do well" and "I am happy...I do great!"

Our last assesment showed some regression which could be a part of the frustration issue. Regression is really just the brain attempting to use new pathways, and struggling to do so.

So two steps forward and one back. But all in all, she is doing well. Socially, life is much better for her. Her reading is constantly improving too. I have noticed that she understands things better and is better able to express herself verbally. She understands jokes better and is able to play some clever ones on her brother! The only place I do not see some improvement is in math. We can only hope the future will brighter here too!