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Monday, 26 May 2014
Sunday, 18 May 2014
Collaboration Time
Looking forward to doing some collaboration with Melanie Walker of Dynamics Discovered. We crossed paths after many moons since high school graduation only to discover that we both work for the same school district, both do/have done foster care, and both work with children with autism and their families.
Stay tuned. I think there might be some interesting stuff coming up!
Stay tuned. I think there might be some interesting stuff coming up!
A note about my client logs
The excerpt came from this particular clients session log. I try and keep a running log of each session I do with my kids. It enables me to track their progression. Probably not enough to be considered DATA by a certain group of behaviour practitioners...but it is still a referenceable document!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRSYLb6l8kxR2hNZYjk-BI5_4CCtKMyMA5CEt9d1qN0/edit
Sometimes it is more in depth and other times not so much.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kRSYLb6l8kxR2hNZYjk-BI5_4CCtKMyMA5CEt9d1qN0/edit
Sometimes it is more in depth and other times not so much.
Successes
This was a good week!
This video shows one of my guys riding a bike...actually riding! I had to look back and recall what I wrote about him when he first sat on his bike:- and then I mentioned something about the training wheels coming off...
- ....... D was visibly upset about the prospect of the wheels coming off .......
- together we ascertained that he was just scared...much talk about my job (keep him safe) and his job (to listen)
- success in small measures: D twice sat on the bike without the training wheels
- will gradually get up to more
This progression took 8 months. His bike came to me with training wheels and the first thing I did was take them off. The next thing I did was take the cranks off. Now we had a scooter and D could manage the balancing and gliding. A little way through I put the cranks back on and he continued to glide mostly but was able to occasionally get his foot up on one to stop.
Then I got a text from another mum:
Hi Malcolm! Sports day today. K and I were noticing how much more confident and capable and willing to try new things J and L were this year and we think that has everything to do with YOU!I sometimes wonder when and where we get to see improvements...this week we saw a couple of things happen.
Thank you.
Pretty happy with my guys!!
Monday, 7 April 2014
Wednesday, 26 March 2014
Some things we just take for granted
I had a great session with a boy the other day. This was our fifth session. Usually we have been limited to a power walk-with a little weight ball interspersed throughout the walk, a swing, a slide, some rock throwing...all in the vane of following directions, contingency statements (first this, than that) , and gaining trust. Yesterday I opted to bring out the slack line and hop him on it at a really low height (15cm).
Accomplished!
Jack it up to 75cm. He has to climb up. CR tries to step up but doesn't have the range of motion to lift his foot high enough to step up. "knee first....knee first". A little echoalia later CR is climbing up un-prompted. cool.
CR is not too interested in getting onto the higher slack line so I asked him to jump down 'motorbike style'. Hold hands and go!
Done!
Last time to climb up and try get two feet on the slackline. Need a picture for Mum!
Done!
One last picture: you jump down motorbike style.
Done!
It is a picture that made mum almost cry (because she has never seen him jump down).
Many of us take for granted the things we think that kids with special needs CAN'T do. I just expect that any of my kids can learn to do almost ANYTHING.
Accomplished!
Jack it up to 75cm. He has to climb up. CR tries to step up but doesn't have the range of motion to lift his foot high enough to step up. "knee first....knee first". A little echoalia later CR is climbing up un-prompted. cool.
CR is not too interested in getting onto the higher slack line so I asked him to jump down 'motorbike style'. Hold hands and go!
Done!
Last time to climb up and try get two feet on the slackline. Need a picture for Mum!
Done!
One last picture: you jump down motorbike style.
Done!
It is a picture that made mum almost cry (because she has never seen him jump down).
Many of us take for granted the things we think that kids with special needs CAN'T do. I just expect that any of my kids can learn to do almost ANYTHING.
Monday, 17 March 2014
Talk at Delta HUB
Thank you Dianne Canning of Ladner Early Childhood Development Hub (ECD) and the Boys and Girls Clubs of South Coast BC
http://www.bgcbc.ca/what-we-do/counselling-support-services/early-years-services/
Despite some technological issues...we had a good discussion about the benefits of exercise and children's health!
Here is the link to my slides!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17q9ckoliTY9NrUzKl8beus6OOYzoeaNTUIZf4U3620Y/edit?usp=sharing
http://www.bgcbc.ca/what-we-do/counselling-support-services/early-years-services/
Despite some technological issues...we had a good discussion about the benefits of exercise and children's health!
Here is the link to my slides!
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/17q9ckoliTY9NrUzKl8beus6OOYzoeaNTUIZf4U3620Y/edit?usp=sharing
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