Well, today Tony’s current activities have been put on hold until Monday. His program book is being re-evaluated/modified so Tony played a lot. He bounced with the therapist on his exercise ball. Tony also rolled back and forth across it (which he really loves). Tony swinged and looked at the cat and his reflection. The therapist pointed to the cat and repeated “cat”. The same was done with his name. We used a mirror on the wall and the therapist said “Tony” a lot. Therapist ran and jumped with Tony and he said “jump”. We also did “tickle” again.
When Tony wanted his cup he was showed the picture, which he carried, and was given his cup with the word “cup” said to him. This was done with his blocks, too. He was shown the pic and the object, then the therapist said “block” to him. Tony waved and said “bye, bye” today bc he was really tired and rubbing his eyes but the therapist kept him moving with re-direction.
Later Tony’s OT arrived and Tony cried for a short while but then saw the Leap Frog table and became mesmerized with it. From there the OT was able to get Tony to stack blocks. He also made sounds as if he were trying to count along with the OT from 1-10. Later the OT went through pictures in a magazine with him, flipping quickly the pages, labeling the different objects. If she didn’t point to and say an object then Tony flipped back and pointed to it. Once the OT said it then it was okay to move to the next page. Tony also looked at/pressed the buttons on a toy with lights (which also vibrated) with the OT. He spun in a chair as the OT counted fast and he bounced on his ball while the OT counted once more. The OT is really working on the numbers with Tony and he seems to be getting it. Tony was very cooperative and really working hard with the OT. From now on, the ABA are also going to incorporate the numbers 1-10, the hand-over-hand pointing (with heavy pressure), and stacking blocks using the different sized (rather than the same that Tony’s been doing) blocks in his therapy. Today Tony received a ton of physical stimulation/floor exercise despite being so tired. Very good (and exhausting) day!