Last night Priya's teacher said "She followed my instructions from clear across the world!"
Thanks to a generous donation, we were able to get a direct internet line at our house. For the past 8 months we have struggled with a horrible connection. This has made it difficult to stay "linked" to our family and friends at home, but the biggest impact has been on Priya.
We were so thrilled when the MOOG Center in St. Louis(a very well-known, leading program for deaf education) agreed to take Priya on as a distance student via the internet since there are no programs north of Delhi for children with cochlear implants. We attended one of their conferences in the summer of 2009 with a 6 day old baby(Everett) and were extremely impressed with their program. We were assured and at ease moving to India knowing that they would be following her closely, helping me know how to teach her and giving input into her progress. Then we arrived and unexpectedly experienced 8 months of slow to no internet, horrible skype connections and many sessions with her teacher Laurie cut short or cancelled due to our technology failures. This has often left us questioning our purpose and decision to move here.
I am relieved to announce that with a new internet connection we have had 2 one-hour skype sessions with no problems and very positive evaluations from Priya's teacher. I am almost afraid to post this for fear that the internet will again become problematic, but for now we are delighted.
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| Parent Summer Seminar in St. Louis. Everett is 6 days old. |
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| Barb taught Priya at our house in Omaha since she was about 3 months old. |
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| Visiting with Laurie (Priya's instructor at the Moog Center) clear across the world. |
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| Laurie helps coach Carrie through the intricacies of encouraging Priya to speak. |
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