M OTHER Last year a teacher suggested that Kayla might have selective mutism. But now she’s speaking up more at school. The fact that she was able to face her problem and work on solutions gives her confidence.

KAYLA Everyone’s into post-it notes these days… I use them to write down things I think I’ll forget and then I make up tricks to remember them.

BUBBY Do you know what ICE KREAM stands for? Izzy Chani Esti Kayla Rina Efraim Aharon and Miriam! The sweetest grandchildren in the world and I’ll never forget their names ever again!

Since practice is the most important element in strengthening memory and word retrieval Kayla and I play categorization games at every session.