So last night, Little Bug must have thought the he went to heaven because he had vegetarian pizza for dinner, a few sips of rootbeer, and more gummi worms, etc. than I care to admit. He did really well at the play therapy yesterday and this was sort of a treat. For all those concerned about associating foods with emotions- get over it. Last week, his treat was getting to visit the fish at Pets Mart.
The person who did our intake and did a very bad job at our meeting with Birth to Three was his substitute teacher yesterday. She was amazed at how much eye contact he was making and that he had over thirty signs.
DN and I reviewed his goals and have lots of feedback for his Autism teacher on Monday, so that should be a great meeting. it will be here at the house. This was one of Birth to Three's strokes of genius- have therapies both in home and at center so that children develop skills that are not specific to a location, but to a behaviour. Often time, kiddos with ASD will develop scripted behaviour based on a location and are unable to easily translate that skill to another location. For example, a child may learn how to appropriately self soothe in the classroom environment, but be unable to do so at home as they do not have the correct script in place for that behaviour. By mirroring the therapies at home and center, this will create a ton of consistency for Little Bug and provide him with skills that follow him through life. This is a huge and incredibly important challenge. We aren't just talking playing games and teaching manners, we are talking about providing him the skills to be a independent functioning member of society.
Well, time to get in the deep end of the pool. But first, I would like to leave you with a song that I absolutely love:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OF9UB_xrhMI&feature=related
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