3/11/08 Update

As of Friday, Tyler has mastered 11 objectives as follows: Shows interest in a variety of sensory and social experiences, engages when alerted by partners, reponds to be ibids for interaction (2 categories so this is two objectives), initiates bids for interactions (two categories/two objectives), aniticpates anothe rpersons actions in a familiar routine (two categories/two objectives), requests desired food or objects, engages in brief reciprocol interaction (two categories/two objectives).

The following is a list of goals we are currently working on for Tyler: Looks towards people, imitates familiar actiosn or sounds immediately after a model, follows situation cues in familar routines, uses exploratory actions on objects, requests social game.

We received wonderful feedback today. Carrie is videotaped each week (one week at our house and the next week at the clinic then back at our house, etc.) and another clinician has to score/rate her videotapes. Right now she is the only clinician at U of M so her tapes get sent to Florida State University where they review the tapes and provide the feedback. The other clinician is amazed at how far Tyler has come since he began the study and commented on what a wonderful job Carrie is doing. This is so rewarding to us as parents as well becuase our time on the weekends with Tyler isn't the same as during the weekday for obvious reasons so we are just so happy.

On a general note, I'd like everyone to be aware that what Tyler is learning at home takes a month or two to generalize to other areas (locations) and when you add new environments, large groups, new people, etc. into the mix, he can and most likely will sometimes resort into some of his old behaviors and play styles. This is one of the major reasons we are really wanting to get some videos out there (having trouble with formatting) so that you can see all the progres she's made at home.

Tyler has his monthly evaluation at U of M tomorrow so hopefully all goes well.