Posted Jun 15, 2010 6:26am
Well we had our first day at the autism center on Monday 6/14. It was the first day of their summer schedule so it was very loud with all the excitement of all the kids. Brady is sensitive to sound and gets overwhelmed easily so that made the first part of our day there a little difficult. We met a couple of the therapists that will be on Brady's team. Mary was very nice and Brady seemed to like her. He played well with her. He also had Lisa and Kelly with him today. I am not sure how he felt about Lisa because he kept pushing her away and kind of hitting in her direction whenever she got too near or if she did something Brady did not like. Brady was able to transition from activity to activity fairly well. Which is something that is good since some kids with autism have difficulty with changing activities. I stayed at the center the whole time he was there from 9am to 11:30am and I was able to back off and sneak away into the background with out Brady really noticing. He went on playing with the therapists, and seemed to have a good time. We had a difficult time with the whole separation thing when he started at the Pre School in Byron too, but hopefully that experience has de sensitized him a little bit and it will not take him as long to adjust to the center. One exciting note about the Byron program, despite the fact that it is done for the summer...we found out that Brady's Para from now until he goes to kindergarten will be Shelly. We are excited about this because Shelly is the first person that Brady responded to in a positive way. There was a day at the end of May that I brought Brady in for school and Shelly was there, and he gave her a big hug when we first got to school. It was very exciting because besides family he has never responded to any other adults in a socially positive way.
Anyway...we are still taking things one day at a time. We are hoping that now that he is in this intensive one on one therapy program that we will begin to see more and more positive changes. Hoping for the best!!
Disclaimer: The information on this blog is NOT intended to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified licensed healthcare provider. Any recommendations are for educational purposes only and are believed to be effective. However, since USE of any information provided herein by others is beyond the control of Michelle Bacon, RN, no expressed or implied guarantee as to the effectiveness of this information can be given nor liability taken.
Well we had our first day at the autism center on Monday 6/14. It was the first day of their summer schedule so it was very loud with all the excitement of all the kids. Brady is sensitive to sound and gets overwhelmed easily so that made the first part of our day there a little difficult. We met a couple of the therapists that will be on Brady's team. Mary was very nice and Brady seemed to like her. He played well with her. He also had Lisa and Kelly with him today. I am not sure how he felt about Lisa because he kept pushing her away and kind of hitting in her direction whenever she got too near or if she did something Brady did not like. Brady was able to transition from activity to activity fairly well. Which is something that is good since some kids with autism have difficulty with changing activities. I stayed at the center the whole time he was there from 9am to 11:30am and I was able to back off and sneak away into the background with out Brady really noticing. He went on playing with the therapists, and seemed to have a good time. We had a difficult time with the whole separation thing when he started at the Pre School in Byron too, but hopefully that experience has de sensitized him a little bit and it will not take him as long to adjust to the center. One exciting note about the Byron program, despite the fact that it is done for the summer...we found out that Brady's Para from now until he goes to kindergarten will be Shelly. We are excited about this because Shelly is the first person that Brady responded to in a positive way. There was a day at the end of May that I brought Brady in for school and Shelly was there, and he gave her a big hug when we first got to school. It was very exciting because besides family he has never responded to any other adults in a socially positive way.
Anyway...we are still taking things one day at a time. We are hoping that now that he is in this intensive one on one therapy program that we will begin to see more and more positive changes. Hoping for the best!!
Disclaimer: The information on this blog is NOT intended to take the place of diagnosis and treatment by a qualified licensed healthcare provider. Any recommendations are for educational purposes only and are believed to be effective. However, since USE of any information provided herein by others is beyond the control of Michelle Bacon, RN, no expressed or implied guarantee as to the effectiveness of this information can be given nor liability taken.
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We very much appreciate the love and support of our Friends and Family! Our HOPE is that one day Brady will be COMPLETELY recovered and will be able to look back at this blog and read all the love and support he got from all of you during this difficult time in his life! HUGS!!