One Family's Adventure In Raising An Autistic Child
Joshua has begun a new phase to his development. He’s learning about time outs. We received a note from his teacher regarding earning a timeout at school for invading another autistic child’s space during circle time. This particular child doesn’t like being touched and Joshua, who likes to “make a big splash”, and has been [...]
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Wow! I haven’t written in quite some time. So much has happened in December and now we are in a new year! Bryan, my DH, got a job in Spokane doing computer work he has been doing with his own business for the last 3 years. He’s so excited to have the opportunity to grow [...]
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So much has been happening since the last post in September. Joshua’s school team and I met for an IEP on November 2nd and I was grateful to be able to update this new treatment team for him as to how his treatment is going outside of school. We met for 2.5 hours, most of [...]
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We had the opportunity to go to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as well as the NE corner of Washington State for 8 days of vacation. Living in Western Washington, this summer, to get any sunshine, we had to go East of the Cascades. Joshua did quite well on the car ride and it was a delight [...]
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Joshua started out the week working with Ben again, as a Floortime Player and Joshua connected quite easily. While Joshua played on the spiral climber, Ben was right there, coming down after him. Joshua did some parallel play with some other kids and was referencing not only the kids, but the adults interacting with him. [...]
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On the last Saturday before the last week of camp, Rosemary White offered a Parent/Child camp which both Bryan and I were thrilled to attend with Joshua. We had a great time and both of us benefited a lot from the guidance of Alek and Annie, who have had a lot of experience working with [...]
Joshua transitioned from Danielle to Keri this week as his Floortime player, and Ben, this Friday. He did numerous activities, engaging both with his players, and with parallel play with his peers. One activity he enjoyed was having toys “slide down” a spiral track for cars and he and some other children would take turns [...]
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I took the kids to go see my brother, Bill and his wife, Toni and their 20 year old daughter, Dani, at their ranch in Cle Elum over the weekend. We had visited last July and Joshua spent the majority of his time upstairs under the bed or playing in the closets in our room. [...]
I apologize in the delay of this post. At the end of Week 2, it was Joshua’s birthday and the kids and I went to see Uncle Bill and Aunt Toni, and cousin Dani, in Cle Elum, to ride horses. I will post on that next. We’ve been busy…. Joshua was paired up with Danielle, [...]
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Joshua ended up having a fever and a chest cold for Tuesday and Wednesday of his first week at Summer Camp. I was so bummed as I really want him to get the most out of this experience. His first day back, he had a new Playtime Player, Jan, who was quite experienced and even [...]
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