This preschool teacher had to step in when she learned about one of her students’ harrowing family life

[post_page_title]A sudden change[/post_page_title]
It wasn’t long before Dana spent the next eight weeks following the youngster around the classroom. It was their time together that gave Dana the chance to learn Jenna had been diagnosed with nonverbal autism.

Although the toddler had been learning to speak fluently for the first two years of her life, it was as though something suddenly changed. Jenna now struggled to express herself through spoken words, and mainly relied on her body language and nonverbal communications, such as laughter.
[post_page_title]Learning the language[/post_page_title]
The pre-k class was able to offer lots of sessions with Jenna in the hope the toddler would one day learn how to speak once again. Although Jenna typically uses babbles to communicate, it looks as though they have been able to make some significant breakthroughs in just a few weeks.

In fact, Jenna was able to learn five new words after only one session. Everyone, including, Dana, is hopeful that Jenna will one day get her speech back.