Brendan had an excellent session last Thursday with Kathleen. He persistently wanted me to use the laser on his left ear for most of the session. He was very quiet at times like he was deep in thought. He left happy.
Overall, he has had a good weekend. He has been weepy/emotional intermittently. Sometimes it was because he said his head hurt or his belly was bothering him. Other times, I had no clue why was he was fussy, restless, and crying.
Yesterday, we went to Lodi to see the RDI therapist. I was so amazed at how well he did. She tried three different things with him. First one was, Brendan and the RDI therapist picked out animal cards. But this time, she identified the animal by what they looked like they were doing, eg. running, swinging, working, roaring, etc. Then after they played a game with them, she had him clean up the cards by asking for them by what they were doing. For example, give me the animal that is working, or hopping, etc. I should add the cards weren't really obvious. He would have had to remembered what she said earlier. Anywya, he got them all right. He also didn't become frustrated when doing this which in the past he would have because he would have been slightly confused.
Then she had him play a game where you had to stack these little plastic chairs. Three people played, RDI therapist, Brendan's Dad and Brendan. This was not an easy game. It was a struggle to stack the chairs and try to keep them from falling. This took alot of eye/hand coordination and tons of patience. It was nervewracking to watch. Again, he stuck with it and even wanted to play it a third time.
Lastly, she played ball with him. This time they did ten levels and did something different at each level. For example, bounce the ball once then catch, don't bounce throw the ball, clap and bounce the ball once, etc... She had never done this with him before. I had expected him to get frustrated because of the constant changes at each level...but he didn't! Again, he stuck with it and did an incredible job. Instead of being frustrated, he seemed intrigued by the game.
Tonight we took him to a pumpkin patch in Morgan Hill. Unfortunately, they were closed. There were still people in the pumpkin patch, but they were trying to get them to leave. I tried to explain to him that we had to leave. I thought for sure, he would get mad, but he didn't. The man let him take a few pictures (little did I know, but his camera wasn't working and he didn't get upset about it) and then we left. He was totally fine! We took him to another pumpkin patch, walked around and then he picked out a pumpkin.
Lots of changes going on....great changes!!!
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