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More progress!!

When Preston got off of the bus today I asked him what he did today (I am a glutton for punishment sometimes because normally he doesn't answer open ended questions like that-lol) Anyway, he said "I go bye, I go Julie, I go bye". (I went on the bus. I saw Miss Julie (speech path) and I went on the bus again". I was SO amazed and very very excited!

Progress!!!

An exciting report!

Monday when Preston got off the bus and I asked him about his day----you do know he is mostly non verbal-so this is just my way of entertaining myself. Anyway, he started saying something about "Tannah". To Preston, "Tannah" = Friend. Our neighbor girl's name is Hannah. He is used to us talking about her and going places with them and going to their house, etc. So, we noticed about 6-9 months ago Preston refers to anyone we see or hang with as "Tannah" might be a family, a kid, a parent, an aunt or Uncle or a Sunday School teacher. I thought nothing of our conversation and went in to feed him lunch.

During his lunch, I read over his folder. Miss Melissa sends notes about his day. Which I LOVE! Her notes said "Preston met a new friend and played at recess with him. They had a good time". I was shocked! He was trying to tell me about his friend when he got off the bus!! Made my whole day. Just a very very cool thing. I love that kid. :)

March 8th, 2010-PEOPLE!

Well, it may not be exciting for everyone but it is for us. Preston has always loaded his bus and boats up with cars. He loves cars, cars are his people. He has a pirate ship and a school bus and he just loads his cars up in those bigger vessels for more fun....however last week, he started paying with the "little People" and he is putting them in the bus and on the boat. It's a cool transformation to playing with "toys appropriately"! I even caught him carrying the little people around for a day or two.

He also correctly labeled two colors on demand. Red and green. He did very well. He didn't know blue or yellow or any of the others, but I think red and green were a great start. We also had a of luck Friday night with choosing "big" or "litttle" pieces of chalk. I was trying to get him working without knowing he was working but he's pretty smart and catches on QUICK and then gets mad at me.

His IEP review is tomorrow. :)

Baby steps

Sensing that the change would be difficult from 2 to 3 for his upcoming March birthday in December 2008 we began trying to teach Preston that he was "3" and not "2". Fast forward to November of 2009 and we were still getting NO where so we moved on to "4" in preparation for his 4th birthday. He won't verbaize it, BUT today when I asked him how old he was he held up his hand and displayed something between 4 and 5 fingers.....so I am taking that as accomplishment!

We also worked on colors today. He definitely identifies "red" and "blue" (Our little Jayhawk man! lol) He ony got mad when I tried to get him to identify green and yellow. We're still having some troubles with Big and Little -and since it's basically a 50/50 shot just when I think he's got it, he trips up again.

He continues to struggle in school. He is now being evaluated for the Seeds for Success classroom which is intensive one on one work. Which I may have mentioned in my last post. I have also asked that he be evaluated for 5 days a week of school instead of 3. I would like to see him have the extra time though I would miss him a lot. He really just gets mad at me when I try to work with him. His teacher's express the same concern that once he is "done" he is DONE and refuses to work further. I have to imagine it just must be very hard for him and that is sad for me as his mom.

IEP review on the 9th. Anxious to see how that goes!

Parent Teacher Conferences

Had Preston's conference yesterday and it went as suspected. The teacher's let us know he is not really progressing and that they are going to evaluate him to get some extra help in the Seeds for Success classroom which is more intensive and one on one. They will keep him in their classroom but send him to that classroom for extra help. We were very happy and look forward to the results from that. I met Miss Melissa the teacher in that classroom and she is very nice. Preston won't like the change but will get used to it. He will also be recommended for summer school again.

Mike says he just wants to be able to talk to his son. I couldn't agree more.

2/10/10

We had a playdate with Zachary yesterday. It went very very well. The boys actually played TOGETHER. They had lots of fun. The interaction was really good and I loved getting to talk to Kate. They go to school together and actually their big sisters are in the same class (Juniors at Mill Valley). We've gotten together before but this was the first time that the boys actually seemed ot enjoy it as much as the mom's did.

I took Preston to school today to be in the childcare offered by PTA during class parties. Preston took a while to get warmed up. He really freaked out when we walked in the room. I was pretty sure we were heading home when I saw some of Cooper's classmates mom's because Preston was freaking out. We took about 5 trips to the classroom where the care was and then we took 5 trips back out...after 12 minutes or so of this, he finally removed his coat and indicated he would go back in the room. He did FINE. No issues at all just that rough beginning. I watched him when I got there and they were crab walking and Simon-sezing. He was following along well. I was told he did great and it looked like he did. YAY.