I went from teaching in a traditional preschool to teaching in a Montessori 3-6 classroom; now I use those same Montessori principles to enrich the lives of people with Alzheimer’s Disease. I volunteer at a local AD day care, and I take private clients for one-on-one sessions. My goal is to tickle out what is still there for each person and stimulate meaningful interactions, to improve their engagement with the world on a given day. I also have a progressive hearing loss and wore hearing aids beginning in 1992. My hearing deteriorated to the point that I got a cochlear implant in my left ear in March 2006 and in my left ear July 2008.
I frequently tell people to wait to tell me something, since "I can't listen and drive at the same time." So this tagline on a CI forum made me laugh out loud:
posted by Liz @ 12:04 PM
4 Comments:
That's hilarious! Love the quote, and love your blog! I hope you'll consider adding it to the aggregator at Deaf Village (www.deafvillage.com) -- we'd love to have you as a part of our community!
It works both ways.... my boyfriend almost rear-ended someone because he was so intent on facing me so I could read HIS lips.
Hi Liz! Love your blog! It helps so much to know the different reactions and range of progress people make once CIs are activated. Can't even imagine what it will be like for Amanda when she's activated in 13 days!
I hope the dizziness evens out...and SOON!
Jennifer
http://jenniferbrunoconde.blogspot.com/
LOL that's funny!
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