Progress!

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Posted Mar 7, 2012 11:13pm


Well Ruthie and her son Michael have been working with Brady after school for about 2 months now. He spends about 10 hours a week, one on one with one of them in his room, without anyone else interrupting. We let them go into his room and then lock the door so Piper and Hayden can not interrupt. I am excited to report we have gone from only a few words (Mom, nigh nigh, and pop…pop as in soda pop) to about 20 word approximations.
Mom, pop, Cut, Key, Up, Down, Hide, Chase, tttt for tickle, sisses for glasses, eye for ice (as in ice cream), go, you, nigh nigh, da for dad, he is making the "w" sound for water, ball, ssss for cereal, and a few more. Steve and I do not get to hear the words as often as Michael and Ruthie get to, but I think it is because he has US so trained! We are also hearing a lot more babbling, like you would hear from a baby as they learn to talk. The other teachers at Brady's pre school can not believe the progress he is making in such a short time, and it is ALL because of the Son Rise principals we are using with Brady. I also think that due to this "joining" principal Brady's eye contact has increased a ton!! This is what is working for Brady. In fact he loves his "therapy" time so much that when he gets home from pre school he can not wait to set up his room with the therapy toys! Until the basement room is done we are using Brady's bedroom for his therapy. Each night we bring out all the toys, the little work table and chairs, and his small little trampoline so he can go to bed at night…but first thing he does when he gets home is bring it all back into his room!! Then when Ruthie arrives he knows it is time to "play", after all he doesn't realize it is therapy! It was so cute tonight when Ruthie got here…we usually talk a little about how his day at school went…or other little bits of info…and tonight when Ruthie got to his room, I was still talking to her…he pulled her into his room and shut the door on me!! He knew it was HIS play time!!
I still sometimes wonder if he "gets" what I am saying to him…but then there are other times when I insist that "I know you know what I am saying!" and he gives me this sly little grin!! Then I tell him he is a stinker!! and he giggles. Not sure if it is the playful tone…or if he really does understand and is just playing possum!!
We still have issues with tantrums…especially if Hayden touches ANYTHING Brady is playing with. Many times he will not allow Hayden to play with him. It hurts to see Hayden wanting to play with his brother and Brady getting so mad at him. I HOPE that gets better! He will allow Piper to play with him and his toys…but NOT Hayden. The only time Brady will play with Hayden is when toys are not involved. Even that has gotten better. He used to only play with Hayden on HIS terms…like he would play chase with Hayden…but ONLY if Hayden chases him. Well now he ALSO chases Hayden back!! That is exciting because it shows he is more aware of the people around him….he is learning it is FUN to be with his family…and with PEOPLE!!! I can NOT wait to see how much progress he makes in the months before his 5th Birthday!!

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