Nothing new here, just continuing to try to change our world. I met up with a girlfriend from HS for lunch (several of us really) and the one does vision therapy for autistic children. She has a ton of tricks to teach me that help with all different aspects of the spectrum. I have to give her my list of issues so she can gather some techniques for us to try.
How exciting is that?! I will share everything I learn!
On other notes, today was both good and bad. He is very on today, but also very easily annoyed and his annoyance instantly turns into huge frustrated fit. Tonight I had to hold him tight, which I still don't understand the concept of how this works, but it really does work. In general he pulls away when you try to hug or hold him just to love him, but when he is melting down if you hold him super tight he calms. I have been doing this trick since he was little, before I even know why or what it was helping.
One step at a time.
On a perfectly wonderful note - here is the reason why I love him so much --
He is the best over complimenter and over worrier in the world. For example, there is a boy in his class who is always getting in trouble. We he decided that it is his job to teach this boy how to behave because he knows that the boy's life will be better if he would only learn how to behave. He has been putting together little motivators for this boy and his newest motivator is for me to throw a party at home for the class if the boy can go one whole day without getting in trouble.
We're still dealing with the noise. I'm trying to teach him calming techniques that he can do himself when it gets to loud to help calm himself.
Any ideas are appreciated!
Thursday, February 19, 2009
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