For whatever reason, Preston has not had a good week at all.
He has been fine for US but on Wednesday with Angie he was not attending at all and really gave her a hard time. He did end up doing a fishing game with her and some color sorting and she blew some bubbles and let him catch them. We decided to check with Nikki about meeting 3x a month instead of every other week to see if we can get him back in line. Thursday, was even worse with LaQuita. For starters he didn’t want to leave Imy’s with ME. He was really mad when I carried him out of there. I can tell you that has NEVER happened. He is mama’s boy all the way. So, then when LaQuita got to the house, he screamed and threw fits immediately. He wanted nothing to do with her and hand over hand by mom was NOT going to cut it. He was already past the point of no return and we hadn’t even started! She offered him some trains and he played by himself for quite a while and then warmed up a bit to her. They were able to do a little bit of work but it was just bad all in all! Then she got her cars out and he had some fun with those but she really didn’t get much work out of him. So, he was definitely worse for LaQuita than he was for Angie. I am going to work on the vowel Kauffman cards with him this weekend and we will work on some sorting of colors and animals. We have been working on body parts and some days he is good at that some days not so much.
Imy said the other day she asked him to shut the gate (baby gate) and he kept going to the front door and trying to shut it and was completely confused by her commands-something he has understood for a long time. He just couldn’t seem to understand what she was asking him to do.
He is definitely not progressing at all right now.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
Mid September
Preston had bad sessions with LaQuita and Angie last week. He did not want to "attend" at all and was a real pistol. LaQuita considered it regression. He was not doing things he had done several times previously.
I notice when I try to practice with him, he quits quickly. He doesn't want to work at all.
Which sort of makes me laugh because after all it is PLAY...but he figures it out quickly that it really is WORK! I hope the rainy weather was the reason he was not doing well. He also both days had bad nap times with Imy.
On a bright note yesterday he came to me and signed "more"....he had had nothing recently but I finally sumised he wanted a snack (which wasn't hard to do since he has a bottomless pit in his stomach) So, he told me he wanted something and that is always good.
He is walking on his tip toes a LOT the last couple of weeks. We are noticing it more and more. Not sure if that means anything or not but I don't like seeing it since it's sometimes associated with the spectrum.
Hopefully, this will be a better week!
I notice when I try to practice with him, he quits quickly. He doesn't want to work at all.
Which sort of makes me laugh because after all it is PLAY...but he figures it out quickly that it really is WORK! I hope the rainy weather was the reason he was not doing well. He also both days had bad nap times with Imy.
On a bright note yesterday he came to me and signed "more"....he had had nothing recently but I finally sumised he wanted a snack (which wasn't hard to do since he has a bottomless pit in his stomach) So, he told me he wanted something and that is always good.
He is walking on his tip toes a LOT the last couple of weeks. We are noticing it more and more. Not sure if that means anything or not but I don't like seeing it since it's sometimes associated with the spectrum.
Hopefully, this will be a better week!
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Imy discussed a concern with me today. She has been working with Preston to ask for a "drink" but no matter how much they practice, he only grunts and points. She will say "Preston say 'drink' but he doesn't get it. She'll say "Preston, you have to 'talk' " and then he will say "talk"....this is concerning to me since drink is a pretty basic need. We're going to start working with him here on it some more--maybe even the sign to help lower his frustration level. Plus it's really a good goal to actually get him to ask for SOMETHING...even if it's sign language it is communication.....
We had a good session last week with Carrie and a good one with LaQuita. LaQuita is working on the Kauffman cards (http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=42) with him. He is doing well with them. Now, if we can get him to put them together and form words!
We had a good session last week with Carrie and a good one with LaQuita. LaQuita is working on the Kauffman cards (http://www.kidspeech.com/index.php?page=42) with him. He is doing well with them. Now, if we can get him to put them together and form words!
Monday, September 1, 2008
August in review
Last week Preston had a great session with both Angie and Laquita.
He is mimicking all of the sounds LaQuita is working on with him. I can't remember the name of the cards but they represent all of the sounds in the english language. I recorded the portion of the session where he was mimicking every sound (with bribery-LOL).
We're working on colors and animals and imaginary play.
I looked at pictures with him today and tried to get him to identify "mommy" and "daddy" but he just wasn't getting it. We will keep working on that as well.
I am noticing he is really screaming/screeching a lot to get our attention or to try to tell us something. This morning I had my back turned and he keep shrieking and I finally turned around and he was pointing at the dog who had found a cup with the remains of a shake in it and was licking it. Preston was trying to tell me but wasn't sure how to tell me....He used to say "no. no. no." So it was strange that this was how he responded. He also did a lot of shrieking/scremaing in the pool and was clearly trying to communicate that way.....that will get old FAST.....
We watched his old Signing Time DVD today at his request. He loved watching the signing and followed all of the signs and repeated them. It was fun to see him do all of them again. There are still some words he will not even attemp to say and only signs them!
Nikki was out 2 weeks ago. She is our caseworker for ITS. Preston's delay is still significant enough for services, We are now 3 months from meeting with the school district for evaluation and assesment for the preschool there since Johnson County Infants and Toddlers Assn. will onlyh work with him until he is 3. LaQuita's evaluation showed him at a 9-12 month level for speech and language. The delay has to be greater than 25% for services.
He is mimicking all of the sounds LaQuita is working on with him. I can't remember the name of the cards but they represent all of the sounds in the english language. I recorded the portion of the session where he was mimicking every sound (with bribery-LOL).
We're working on colors and animals and imaginary play.
I looked at pictures with him today and tried to get him to identify "mommy" and "daddy" but he just wasn't getting it. We will keep working on that as well.
I am noticing he is really screaming/screeching a lot to get our attention or to try to tell us something. This morning I had my back turned and he keep shrieking and I finally turned around and he was pointing at the dog who had found a cup with the remains of a shake in it and was licking it. Preston was trying to tell me but wasn't sure how to tell me....He used to say "no. no. no." So it was strange that this was how he responded. He also did a lot of shrieking/scremaing in the pool and was clearly trying to communicate that way.....that will get old FAST.....
We watched his old Signing Time DVD today at his request. He loved watching the signing and followed all of the signs and repeated them. It was fun to see him do all of them again. There are still some words he will not even attemp to say and only signs them!
Nikki was out 2 weeks ago. She is our caseworker for ITS. Preston's delay is still significant enough for services, We are now 3 months from meeting with the school district for evaluation and assesment for the preschool there since Johnson County Infants and Toddlers Assn. will onlyh work with him until he is 3. LaQuita's evaluation showed him at a 9-12 month level for speech and language. The delay has to be greater than 25% for services.
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