When we left Teleton Friday, the assignment we had for Doris was to know her name. I did not know if we would get that accomplished or not.
Yesterday, after much work, she finally began to say her name. We would ask her, "what is your name?" When she would say Do Ris, we would all clap. It did not take long before she was saying "Do Ris" and clapping with us. Sometimes she would start clapping and smiling and laughing before she got the whole name said. That was ok. We clapped every time. And so did she.
Before we finished, she was saying I was Terri and Karen was Karen. Then she began saying I was Karen and Karen was Terri. She was doing that on purpose because she laughed when she said it.
I was so pleased that she could learn her name.
You go girl.
Terri
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you guys go the extra mile! good to know Doris has a sense of humor!
Yes Ginger, a sence of humor helps everyone. They sure do like to be clapped for. Everyone recognizes that as a good thing. That did not take long to get her to learn to say her name. I expect great things from Doris. Clapping is a very inexpensive reward to do so much good for her, and not have to stop for the brain freeze each time. linda
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