MANDS = 8

Tony had a fairly good day today considering the fact that he was very hyper. I had to do a lot of redirecting today with him but nontheless, we still got through about half of the activities. One of the first things Tony manded for when we started was to ride on his wagon with “ride.” Tony also requested to draw with crayons at the beginnning. We worked on tacting animals and making animal sounds. Tony did “cat” and “monkey” sounds correctly when I asked.

I had no luck with Mr. Potato Head today (as he started screaming when I brought out the basket). I did however, get Tony to work with his dog doll that sings and speaks. I asked Tony to “touch his tummy” and “ears” which Tony did on the first time! Although this was not a great day, I was really happy that Tony was listening and understood the SD with this. I didn’t have any luck with having him touch his own parts, but I know that Tony’s getting there.

Tony completely rejected the adjective drills today, so I still don’t have a lot of data to report on that (or the colors for that matter). Today since he was being a little irritable, I couldn’t get him to tact colors. I did a lot of redirecting with the “wheels on the bus” song. Tony has started singing this song very frequently when he encounters any kind of wheels (toy cars, trucks, or pictures of wheels). He even does some of the motions in the song too.

Tony manded to “eat” before we had gotten to any motor imitation or intraverbals, so we ended there. Tony ate in his high chair watching Blue’s Clues until his Grandma, aunt and cousin came for a visit. Although Tony had been cranky earlier, he was extremely excited to see his baby cousin, Sidney. He was laughing and walking over to her and echoed “baby” multiple times (and later used it as a tact when approaching her). He played with her bonnet and kept climbing in and out of the baby’s chair and putting he blanket over her. He also echoed Sidney’s name very clearly during the visit. It was obvious to everyone that Tony was elated to see the baby.

Although today was not one of Tony’s best days in therapy, it was amazing to see how well and appropriately he responded to the company.