Hello everyone.  Friday was the first in a series of 4 evaluations at SDSU.  It all went great.  In the past week Matt has been playing his keyboard.  On a hunch we set it up this past week and Matt put his right hand on the keyboard and started playing.  He does this very purposefully and is very focused on the music.  If he hits a key that doesn’t sound right, he goes back and plays it over and corrects it.  Before Matt’s eval at SDSU they asked us to bring the keyboard so they could observe.  The setting at SDSU is in a lab setting with observation windows, mics and a camera.  Matt did all the tracking and command exercises very well.  Then we set up the keyboard and Lindsey and I stayed in the room to get Matt relaxed and started playing.  Once he started he went on for about 20 - 25 minutes straight and was really getting into it.  The therapist came in and were all excited.  They were the one’s that really saw what he was doing cognitively and were amazed at how he held his hands and was really focused on what he was doing.  They brought in other equipment and did more with him.  This all went on for about 1 1/2 hours and we could all see that Matt was getting worn out.  The instructor and 3 therapist came into the room very excited and were fussing over Matt and how well he did.  They definitely want him to come back and there comments were he’s definitely got it going on and has lots of potential. The music requires a higher level of brain function and processing. They were surprised to learn that since Matt’s accident all he’s had is the 5 months of therapy to this point and hasn’t really had any speech therapy until the recent speech therapy at Sharpe.  Once again they told us they want him back and are going to try and get some equipment for our use at home if they can get it approved.  The next 3 evaluations will be in April and this is all for participation in their summer session there on SDSU campus.  Spencer will be back today after another week off and is also excited about the past weeks developments.

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