I DID IT!!! BRUSHED MY TEETH

I DID IT!!! BRUSHED MY TEETH
He does it for 30 min NOW

TRACKING PROGRESS OF NEW WORDS AND ACTIONS

OCTOBER
10/19 - John is working with Taneill on the floor today we have new words. He is doing great with the picture board she has. The amazing thing is he pointed out 4 letter and identified him without anyone showing him.
NEW WORDS: CAKE, TURTLE,
Saturday 10/10 - House, Kick
He has a book to work on sound formations, Frieda gave him a few weeks ago. He finally mastered ZZZZZZZ, EEEEEEEE
Paint, House, Hair
Brian said he pointed in the mirror and said JOHN - sort of
BOWL not BALL
Started playing dress up with shirt and shoes
Put sock on Daddy
FINALLY FINALLY, sat on a tricycle and peddled and did not have a meltdown. He is starting to get used to movement.
This includes all of the dance scenes in ANNIE, he is kicking his legs and says the line before it comes on.

SEPTEMBER WORDS
It has only been a few weeks and look at this progress.
hi, nite-nite, hat, kick, jump, juice, milk, cool, ball, white, yellow, purple, bye, uh-oh, mama, daddy, cheese, ball, no, peeka boo, choo choo, beep beep, blue, green, apple, close, nose - he pointed first time, annie - the movie he won't quit watching, baby, nana - for banana, cow, poo poo, pee pee, help, keys, mouth, trees- he pointed, spoon, cool, shoes, car, thank you, kissy kissy - carol burnette from annie, teeth, mouth, ear, please

September Actions
This is the first time he has ever done the following......we tried many many different techniques but the one DADDY found that worked was making the OK sign with your fingers and pull it up to your eyes and make him look at you. After doing this over and over again, he started looking at us.
Next, he started hugging and trying to kiss us. You have no idea how excited we were that day. We tried for a year to call his name, get his attention, we would clap, sing, scream, dance, and do anything else but when he was doing something there is no stopping him. Now he runs and gives me a hug when he sees me. It took until he was two years old to even look at his parents. These are things other parents may take for granted.
Stop what you are doing and take the time to enjoy these moments because when you don't have them or can't get them it is a tough "failure" moment. Even though it is not your fault, it is a tough thing to never have your child respond to your voice, smile when he sees you, or cry when you leave him somewhere.

We used to think he was just happy to be somewhere.

September
He pointed for the first time
He learned a body part - his nose
He actually sat down and looked at a book
He kissed mom and dad - first time
He hugged mom and dad - first time
Climbed in car seat
Walked to car without laying on the ground for ten minutes
Held my hand
Brushed my hair
Brushed his teeth
Used a Spoon and set the table
Caught a ball ----after weeks of practice
Jumped - after weeks of practice - THANKS Occupational Therapist L
Singing to the movie ANNIE - He almost knows all of the notes he will have the words soon and here we come BROADWAY

FRIDAY FREIDA SPECIAL INSTRUCTION

FRIDAY FREIDA SPECIAL INSTRUCTION
Frieda

TUESDAY TANEIL - SPEECH

Preview
I don't have enough words to say about this fantastic person. She is a fun, loving person that I have in my life and so does JOHN. I am so thankful to meet her. We have done so many activities and she has instrumental in John's success over the last few months. In addition, the Bubble Bee series is amazing.
Magic Bag - We use the magic bag to try an identify one thing at a time
Book - She is the first person to get John to sit down and look at a book. She actually got his attention so much, he took the book and hid it and I found it a week later.
We are working on learning the difference between identifying two objects. Not there yet, this week assignment is to try and learn more. If he wants "more" juice etc......
To top of Speech Therapy this week, I purchased the sheet music to ANNIE and we attempted to sing it to John. The piano was out of tune and so were are voices, but we tried. For all of you Annie Lovers, email me if you want the music.

WEDNESDAY LOU ANN - OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY

Preview
BRUSHING PROGRAM/JOINT COMPRESSIONS INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions
Hold Brush horizontal
Start on palm brush until entire arm done
Keep hand on him
Brush the Back
Move to the other arm
Keep Hand on him
Move to the leg
Brush Entire Leg
Move to the other Leg

Perform 10 Joint Compressions on each side
shoulder, elbow, wrist. hips, knees. and ankles

Should be done every 2-3 Hours
With John I am doing it every 3-4 times/day

We have also added the additional weighted vest to our regime. It has been fantastic. This includes any transitions from one place to another, all running, heavy work that is assigned is done with the vest and the head banging decreases significantly with the use of this. Generally, thirty minutes when he gets to school. They use it at school from going and coming to places and when in the gym with alot of input and noise. It helps keep him calm and focused. My thought was it is going to make him stronger, but this has been a life saver for our family. He even takes naps now because he actually is getting enough input to relax. GO LOU ANN

Thursday Night - we just put together the trampoline trying to redirect the head banging, we will keep our fingers crossed.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

TANEILL - SPEECH THERAPIST- SAY HELLO

Today, I rushed home for john to meet Taneill. Just for the record, the coolest, down to earth person I have met in Jackson MS in the past ten years. Of course, not any cooler than Lou Ann the Occupational Therapist. Today, we were talking about this blog and getting ready to start therapy and guess who is asleep in the chair. Yes, three hours he has been asleep. This is what happens when he gets up at 4:00 am on Sunday and plays all day Sunday.

So, we were able to strategize and visit. What fun. I had adult time. Today was a success. I made it to work, John made it from the playground to the classroom, and we actually made it to the car. Yes, he is exhausted but I will take the peace when I can.

This week we are going to learn the definition and say the word "MORE" so he can be less frustrated communicating with me.


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