Trooper

Andrea Smith

[September 3rd 2010 03:50:03 PM] ...Just got pulled over by a state trooper and did NOT get ticket..shew I'm glad I'm a girl ha :)

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George Butler

[September 3rd 2010 03:49:37 PM] State trooper Killed in Conn. doing a traffic stop on I-91 North Bound last night. RIP Brother.

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Jeromy Schevola

[September 3rd 2010 03:49:23 PM] Thoughts and prayers to Trooper Hall's family and friends and to all stated police in this time of sorrow very sad.

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Chris Burgess

[September 3rd 2010 03:50:18 PM] Irma Sipper trooper Drink Ain't know Way I'm Bout Ta Fold Up `

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Alicia Early

[September 3rd 2010 03:48:07 PM] Jar en fin shed the tests and now we wait for the results. He was a real trooper I'm so proud of him. Now were gonna take him to grants farm while we wait

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Darick LaSelle

[September 3rd 2010 03:47:29 PM] I wanted to give everybody an update on Matty, as some people know what is going on, and some people probably haven’t even heard. Matty received a diagnosis of full Autism last week from The Children’s Hospital. For those familiar with the testing scenarios, on the Bailey his equivalents were 17 months cognitive, < 6 months for all Language (overall, Receptive and Expressive), 23 months Fine motor, and 17 months gross motor. (For those unfamiliar, those are the age equivalents as to where his development currently is… i.e. his gross motor skills are where a typical 17 month old would be). From a family standpoint, obviously this information is hard to take. While somewhat cushioned by the fact that we would’t have been there if we did’t suspect as much, a label as strong as Autism takes a little while to digest (also one of the reasons I am writing this a week later). However, because we have a piece of paper that says Autism, a lot of doors do open up. We have received a strong outpouring of love and prayers. We are blessed to have received this support, and hope to continue to receive it. All ideas and advice and stories are welcome. While I am not an expert on Autism yet (I am working on it) I will try to answer any questions you may have as well (I have at least two Doctors on my friend list, so they might help as well). For those who don’t know a lot about Autism, or Autism Spectrum Disorders(Adds) (which was me 8 months ago) the Autism Society has a good page: HTTP://WWW.autism-society.org/site/Page Server?page name=arbitrates What we are doing: A couple of months ago we had a group called Child Find (which is an extension of the public school system) come out to evaluate Matty. While they did not give us a diagnosis at that time, they did indicate that he was developmentally delayed. This allowed us to access a group called EI Colorado (for Early Intervention), which is a state organization that coordinates therapy for children with developmental delays. The therapy is done through a group called Developmental Pathways. Currently, we have a speech therapist coming to the house once a week, and an occupational therapist coming to the house every other week. Note: BIG THANK YOU to Melanie on this one, as she pointed us in this direction. Because we ran this through the state agency, we are not getting billed for these therapies.Miss Martha(speech) and Miss Jen(occupational) are both in love with Matty, and Matty just thinks he has two more girlfriends. Martha is going to work on the PECS model (HTTP://WWW.Pollux.com/visual support/pecs.HTML) with Matty to help him learn to communicate now that we have a full diagnosis (Another note, we are using PECS instead of sign language because Matty is having a hard time with any imitation). Martha actually came from an Autistic school in New York before she moved to Colorado. Jen is currently working on pretend play (this helps develop social involvement, empathy, etc). Starting in two weeks, Matty will also begin occupational feeding therapy at The Children’s Hospital(THC). One of the concerns with Matty is the fact that we are still on baby food, because he will not eat most foods. There is a movement in the Autism Community to go to Casein/Dairy/Glutton free diets for children that are on the ASD. We explored this about 3 months ago, and will probably look at it again after we make some progress with the food therapy. However, for the time being, we have to spend all of our “food effort” just getting enough calories. He will not eat any alternative glutton-free breads, and will not take to any non-dairy milks (we have tried both soy and almond milk). So with those off the the table, there is no way to keep him “well-fed”. But, hopefully we can look at that again soon. There are a couple of Doctors on here, so before I forget, we have also done allergy testing (no allergies) and met with a nutritionist, and both doctors are endorsing this. Schools While most treatments plans for Adds are under hot debate(see HTTP://WWW.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1967796,00.HTML), one almost universal has been getting Matty into a preschool program. Developmental Pathways will actually stop providing services after Matty turns three if he USN’t in a preschool, and THC recommended an ASAP approach. However, after talking to the Social Worker at THC, there are two school districts in the Denver Metro Area that should be avoided when it comes to Special Needs Children, DPS and Aurora. We live in Aurora. There may be light however. There is a private school called the Joshua School that is dedicated specifically to children with Adds. While it is an expensive school, ($34k full time) we may be able to bill it to insurance. (Quick legal side bar – HIMAT, Health Insurance Mandated Autism Treatment (CRS 10.16.104(1.4) for the lawyers) recently passed in Colorado, and our health insurance qualifies. This means that our insurance is required to cover all needed therapy sessions, minus co-pays, and also must cover Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) up to $34k a year) HTTP://autism.healing thresholds.com/therapy/applied-behavior-analysis-ABA The Joshua School currently uses the ABA method and is merging with a private practice that has a Board Certified Associate Behavior Analyst, which means they can properly bill to insurance under this law. We are working with the executive director (who turns out to be a friend of the family from Minnesota) on all of the billing questions so that Matty can get in when he is 2 ½ (approx Feb). This is the earliest that the school allows children into their Early Intervention program. It also give us enough time to be ready for Matty to go to school regularly! We will probably start with 2 days a week and go from there. But some of that is to be determined. For those of you who went to Kent – Priscilla Cobbie is on the Board at the Joshua School. If this ends up being the route we go, that means we have a couple of years to figure out where to move to instead of a couple months. Next Steps We are looking at everything on the table. We are considering going through the Han en – More Than Words Program, but it is not billable to insurance, so we would need to do that one out of pocket. We have bought the book and are waiting for it to be delivered, and will read it and see if doing the program additionally would be worth it. We have had family that has been successful with the DAN! System of Doctors, and we will continue to research this option. Unfortunately, the DAN! Concept has not caught on in Colorado, and there is only one DAN! Dr. that is a pediatrician, and she does not take any form of insurance, so I don't have a lot of confidence in that route(the strength of DAN is that conceptually they believe in doing everything possible to cure Autism, the weakness is that very few of the DAN! Doctors, at least in Colorado, are dedicated pediatricians). We are also looking at some other alternative forms of therapy. Given the family’s history of being with animals, our speech therapist is actually looking into Equine Therapy as a form of both sensory and occupational therapy. Through all of this, Matty continues to make everybody laugh, and wear a smile that makes everybody fall in love with him. He has shown signs of very special reasoning abilities, to a degree that the doctors at THC started off talking about them. He is a trooper, and we all keep moving forward. He is still developing, and is already making progress, so that keeps our spirits high. Thank you again to everybody for your support. We all love Matty, and know we will get through this. God Bless. “Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods.” -AE

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Jessica Sinnott Cerone

[September 3rd 2010 03:45:42 PM] Sophia's surgery went well, she was such a good girl!!!! :) Def a little trooper to say the least....glad it's over & done with & happy we did it! :)

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Patrick Mcfarland

[September 3rd 2010 03:45:23 PM] Oops rifleman i just cut off a state trooper on 95 made him slam on his brakes maybe he should be going so fast he shook his head when he went by me

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Savannah Quill

[September 3rd 2010 03:44:38 PM] TROOPER WON'T BE IN UNTIL THE 18TH OF SEPTEMBER-GOT MY NEWS FROM FRANCESCA KING-THE BAND OFFICE SECRETARY*L*

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