Monday 23 June 2008

Good News

Well, things seem to be moving in the right direction with the programme - at least for the UK.
See Wynford's last message. (http://www.dore.co.uk/).

Harry is doing well with this new set of exercises. Quite a lot of eye-tracking and light-bulbs which is pleasant for both of us, and we do seem to be going over old ground with mental tasks now. Time for some more learning at home to get some better ideas. :)

Unfortunately, he has become very "spacey" again - losing all sorts of things at school and his speech has deteriorated a bit - this usually precedes a leap forward, so fingers crossed.

He has a great attitude to the exercises though - asking me to do them every day, rather than hoping I won't remember!

On the reading, Harry still hates it, but I got a couple of books from the library - one about a boy wanting to be a Rock Star (Harry loves his music) and when I looked at it, it is a Barrington Stoke book (didn't realise at the time). I went up last night to turn Harry's light out, and he said he was really enjoying it, and could he read 2 or 3 more pages to me. How could I possibly refuse!

Thursday 12 June 2008

Horrible!



We are now on the much harder exercises. Day 1 is this one. Harry hates it, although as the week has gone on, his attitude has improved as he has found it easier.

Tuesday 3 June 2008

MyDore

Today, MyDore has generated Harry's next set of exercises, so at least we can move on from where we were. This is still in the testing stage for the UK only, but they hope to release it to the US and Australia in the next few days. Things seem to be moving on in a positive way - at least Dore haven't left us high and dry, and they seem keen to help us complete the programme.

Sunday 1 June 2008

Update on Karate


Harry was entered into a karate competition today (only the second one he's ever done), and gained a bronze medal in his individual "kata".