Today I worked in the afternoon with Tony and worked on some things that Parker left off with. I worked a lot on colors today which went really well. I did a couple different activities with colors…grabbing different balls and grouping balls according to color. I also used the blocks to work on colors again only this time I stacked blocks according to color and had Tony tact and place blocks in the correct stack. Although I had to do some verbal and gestural promts near the end he started to pick up on it and seemed to really enjoy the activity.

I also had a lot of success with Mr. Potato Head today. I had Tony put Mr. Potato Head’s mouth, eyes, ears, nose and arms in the correct place by asking, “Where does Mr. Potato Head’s ___ go?” He did so well and really focused. He only needed a gestural prompt with the arms.

I didn’t have luck with receptives with “grab your ____.” I was thinking that since Tony loves to “shake” so much, maybe we could change the “grab” to “shake.” Although this would limit some parts like “eyes” “nose” “tongue” “mouth” I think it would be better than doing something Tony is unresponsive to (in fact I think he already knows nose and mouth). Jay, what do you think?

I also wanted to report on some slight sensory issues that Marlaina, Anton and I have been noticing. For the past few days, Tony has been seemingly more sensitive to sound. When I was working with him I started up his dog doll that he normally loves, but on this occasion he actually put his head down on the table. He also told me “no, no, no” when we were in the car when I gave him his talking Blue dog. Again, this is something he normally likes. Hopefully these sensitivity issues are a result of our recent gluten encounter and will taper off but I definitely think its worth mentioning.

I am also happy to report tha Tony is also saying “cup” much more clearly. Before it was mostly just the “c-c-cc” sound when manding for “cup.” I noticed today that Tony is pronouning “cu–p” with the “p” sound at the end which is so great to finally here. I guess those echoic promts are really working!