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Family Update: The boys were recovering from a cold this weekend and thank goodness, it was a weekend that Grandma was coming to stay! Steve and I were able to go on a date Saturday night thanks to Grandma! Sunday, we were able to take the boys boys sledding though and it was then that we discovered Ben can now count to 10 all on his own without making any mistakes, go Ben! He also knows most of his shapes, including an oval and is getting pretty good about his colors. He's really enjoying his art class which is on Saturdays, they made a wand the first day. Steve takes Ben so they get some one on one time and I can work with Tyler unteruppted for a few hours on Saturday.
1/29/08 Session: I will not get the session notes until Thursday but today's session was great. As soon as the interventionist (Carrie) came in, Tyler was very much engaged. He took both of our hands and wanted to play ring around the rosie, then he took both of our hands (must add he pulled both our hands at the same time) and pulled us over to the wheely bugs and gestured at which one he wnated me to ride on and which one he wanted Carrie to ride on. He then proceeded to push and pull us as he wanted and as we asked. He made lots of eye contact and was doing great. He also took us to the bathroom when he wanted to wash his hands and made the "waa waa" sound which we've never heard before so that was fantastic. After the interventinoist left, a student followed us around doing the weekly taping at our home. This was a bit different though as we were needing to work on routines other than what we work on with Carrie so we moved play time ot upstairs. He did ok, but since it was a new environment and the arrangment isn't necessarily indicative to communication I did struggle a bit to keep him engaged. We'll see how our report card comes out this week as it is based on the video. Carrie has been so helpful to our family, we are sad that we'll be losing her in July when Tyler begins the next portion of the study. She helps a lot with Ben too since she has a behavioral background!
Diet Update: Yesterday, Tyler was completely gluten and casein free, yeah Tyler. He also had the social group (floor time) instructor come over for a home visit and the speech therapist also visited. My mom was there for both of these and she also made Tyler some homemade chicken nuggets that are gluten and casein free with Tyler's new pots and pans and cutting board. We aren't saying we are fully on the diet yet as we aren' t sure we have enough items that he'll eat at this point but we are hoping by the end of this week that each meal and snack will be completely gluten adn casein free and then we'll work towards replacing the necessary household products.
Other Update: Tyler has an appt. tomorrow at the intermediate school district to be reevaluated for services since he now has an autism diagnosis. This may open up some new therapies or funding for Tyler.
