Week 12

Oct. 28- Nov. 1, 2013

This was an interesting week, b/c I started getting sick and literally making myself get up and go to work everyday. I wanted so bad to stay in bed, but DayQuil was my best friend. By Thurs, I was toast, but that's when Mickey was coming so I had to pull myself together and I missed so much work last week. 

This week, Bryan gave me increasingly more independence with each student and I felt he was more confident in leaving me with them. Some of the experiences I appreciated trying on my own were when I let Sarah keep walking past the duck pond when she missed that right turn (again!). We were always correcting her at this turn, I just wanted to see if she would notice she missed that turn. I think she got suspicious at the round-about, but I'm not entirely sure. The next lesson to the duck pond did not reflect she understood this is where she is supposed to turn. I am brainstorming how I could get her to remember this.

I loved the independence of taking Morgan up the pedestrian walk as I thought this was good therapy for her weak muscles. The top of the pedestrian walk is a good reward for her -looking out over the cars pass by. I loved the independence of working more with Andrew. This week, I learned a new way to connect with him (instead of him associating me with work all of the time). When I rubbed his back and encouraged him verbally, he seemed to go from biting his arm to smiling and appearing calm. I loved the independence of introducing Jana to the sensory playground and the rides out there. This was her first time on the teeter totter and spinner. Although she needs more practice strengthening her muscles to use these things, she still got to experience them, which was cool.

Some things that puzzled me this week were working with Alex and him getting emotional in the middle of our lesson. He seemed so out of it and almost like he was sleeping in the middle of our lesson. When I asked him if he was okay, he brushed me off and said he did not want to talk about it. This was a hard experience for me to swallow, b/c I was not sure what that was all about. Bryan told me it was just a brain reaction he occasionally presents.