Meeting Kathie and Kenny

Had a lovely afternoon at the Science Museum in London as Harry and I met Kathie and Kenny today. They were over from Germany for their Dore appointment, so therefore had a free day. The boys got on famously, as did we! :)

Exercises

We are carrying on with our exercises, with little or no moaning. Attitude during the exercises is not always good as the exercises are a bit harder, particularly when combining with mentals.

Today I was asked: "I'd appreciate it if you made me a sandwich please mum"! What! :)
Lots of good eye contact too, which was always something Harry found difficult to do.

Yesterday the current exercises with 2 extras were loaded onto MyDore to keep us going until we know more, so things are not as bleak as they appeared last Friday.

Dore Collapse

Following the Dore collapse in Australia last week, we heard on Friday afternoon that Dore UK are also in administration. I am so shocked by this news and can't quite comprehend it. We are luckier than some, in that we are nearly at the end of the programme, but I still feel we have a way to go.

Hopefully we will hear more about the situation next week, but for now we are told to carry on with the exercises and then repeat the book until we hear further.

As we had an assessment booked for 2nd June, I'm hoping to hear something soon as to where we go from here.

The Dore Programme has been life-changing for us personally. The Dore staff have been wonderful and I am sad for the way it all ended. Special thanks to Sarah, Richard and Kevin at our Bromley Centre.

The future of our SEN children is once again left in the hands of the educationalist, pushing them to do things that they are not yet capable of doing, seeing them as naughty, lazy or stupid when in fact all they need is a few simple exercises twice a day that can bring them on.

Our "Mum's Army" will not stop fighting and we will be raising an e-petition to raise awareness of this wonderful Programme.

Changes?

I'm not sure what's going on - hopefully more changes (?) The past week Harry has been out on his bike in the beautiful weather, but has fallen off numerous times. His arms and legs are a mass of bumps, bruises and grazes. He seems very mature and his speech is maturing again. Some wonderful conversations and he does make me laugh with some of the words he comes out with.

WII + Progress

I may have mentioned before that Harry has been saving up for the Nintendo WII. He finally made it after months of saving. Last week the new game WII FIT was released and I was lucky enough to purchase one of the few that was on sale. It is great fun for all the family and has balance exercises like tightrope walking, slalom and ski jumping. Very good practice for the exercises. Well worth the money.

I also wanted to mention the importance of routine - Harry knows he cannot watch the TV or play games until he has done his exercises, and because he has this new game, he is now asking to do Dore the minute he wakes up and the minute he comes in from school. His attitude has definitely picked up, and although he does still find the exercises hard, I can tell he is really trying.