There is a little boy , I know him since the day he was born !!
But I feel like I still don't know him and so much to learn.
R was diagnosed with Autism 2 years backs. And recently got diagnosed with Apraxia . R is now 4 years old. We started SON-RISE program with R couple of weeks backs. SON-RISE is a Play-therapy program that I am volunteering for . The Play-Therapy is associated with son-rise.org to treat his symptoms related to Autism.When I refer to Stimming , it is the repetitive behavior R does while lost in his world
I went to volunteer for my play-therapy session with R. I left my 2 yr old Y with my husband. Looks like Y missed me during that whole time. My husband told me he cried for 10 minutes after I and was left looking for me !!!!! I was like Ah , different thoughts crossed my mind but got settled after I started watching the show "New Girl" :)
Yesterday's session went well. R interacted with me couple of times.
R was spinning the ball, so I spinned the ball in parallel to him. His Blue Beach ball came towards me and he made eye contact with me which was long enough for me to make a game out of that spinning ball. I threw the ball towards him and stood half way up with my hands wide open. R spinned the ball bback towards me. I again threw the ball towards him, trying to get him throw straight instead of spinning towards me. He did it , He did it - He threw the ball towards me without spinning - TWICE !!
Second interaction I had with R with the same ball, but this time I bounced the ball towards the wall and back to me. He tried to do the same thing Twice !! Nice Job R, I love you so much :)
We again did our running game where he ran twice with me on count of 1 to 10 . AFter that he wanted him to be carried to take the Foam pillar down from the rack. I tried several times so that he can point and tell me what he wants, but he just kept on raising his hands so that I can pick him up. So I did and he grabbed the Foam pillar from rack towards the floor and that was end of that part.
At one point as he made eye contact with me, I took the juggling balls and juggled twice, He watched me, came to me and told me with sign language "All Done" !! I will consider that as my Bonus round of interaction :)
R did got Hyper couple of times and was trying to tackle me using his head. So I gave him deep pressure hugs, which worked everytime !!
Overall I had really good time with R in this session.
Dear R , I look forward to more wonderful sessions with you where you play, I play with you. You talk and I listen to you !!
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