The roads today weren't quite as bad as yesterday. I was able to make it into work and then make it home with only a couple of scary instances of having my car slide a little.
Randy was scheduled to have a driving evaluation in occupational therapy today, but the therapist canceled therapy due to icy roads. Randy spent the day getting more organized. Organization is a very important part of Randy's recovery. Getting him organized and finding organizational tools that work for him helps make him more successful. During his Good Sam stay, they got Randy started on using a planner. After Good Sam, we found a planner system that has really worked for him. At first, he wasn't very consistent on using it, but lately, he has done an exceptional job at making sure the planner is updated with all of his appointments. Since he was mastering the use of a planner, I thought it would be a good idea to try him out on a PDA to enhance the use of the planner and be used as his reminder system (it alerts him when it is time to do something). I found him a very nice inexpensive PDA. It has turned out to be a very beneficial tool. Randy has done an excellent job at updating the PDA with appointments and tasks. He spent a good part of his day really learning how to use quite a few of the different functions of the PDA, such as syncing it to the calendar on his computer. I also got him a file thing to organize all of his speech therapy stuff in so he could better track the homework he needed to do, the stuff that was done but needed to be "turned in", and then the homework that was done but he wanted to keep.
Many times in life Randy has mentioned the desire to become more organized. Now it is essential to the success of his recovery. He is doing an amazing job at implementing the tools he has been provided and has shown great initiative in trying to organize as many things as he can.
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Hey, Randy! When you are ready, will you please come teach us some of the skills you are learning?! No, I ma SERIOUS! 1) It is said the best way to learn a thing is to teach it. and 2) well, frankly, I need help!
Actually, Rachel I am very interested to know which PDA you selected. I am searching for something more sophisticated, but Ihave been told that what I want isn't yet invented. (Randy - are you up to inventing? :))
I want my laptop, cell phone and pda fully integrated into something that looks a feels like a cell phone with the upull-out keyboard. They have one on the market, but there is still some technology issue I don't understnad.
Okay, enough of that - the point is - really, Randy, would you consider doing a seminar / tutorial on organizational tools and techniques?
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