By Aiyana Baida |South Florida Sun-Sentinel

While playing interactive bowling on a Nintendo Wii video game, 4-year-old Sebastian, closely follows the voice of his speech therapist: “Stand on the X. Press A.”

He bites his lip, swings his right arm back, then forward as his right leg lifts off the ground — but he keeps his finger firmly on the button. After several attempts followed by frowns, Sebastian finally lets go of the clicker on the remote control, and knocks down six pins.

“Good listening,” said his therapist as he ran up to the television screen with a smile.

“Four weeks ago he couldn’t hold the remote, stand in one place and coordinate his movements,” said Kimberly Bloom, speech language pathologist and director of Breakthrough Therapy Services. “He’s at the last step. He just has to let go.”

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