I came in the door and Tony was eating. He was looking around and in a very happy mood. When he wanted down Tony said/signed “all done” four times. I played with Tony for a while and let him watch a little tv before going into ABA. We started off by swinging and Tony put his legs up and down on his own and I cheered. He did it again and was really looking around. When his mom went inside he said/signed “all done”. Tony went to his mom many times today but I redirected him to an activity. He whimpered briefly but I could easily redirect him with spinning (showing him to use sit ‘n spin) or tickling or the tv, etc… I wasn’t here Mon. bc I was sick so I just wanted to ease into things. Tony requested “tickle” a few times today. When we started working we rolled the ball and bounced the ball. Tony used his regular sized ball and did really well. He was rolling and then bouncing/hitting the ball out of my hand as I said “bounce”. Later Tony sat on the ball and bounced on it while saying a sound like “bounce” and hitting his hands on his legs. Tony then matched objects–squishy balls, lizards, and wooden people-shaped blocks (Tony had two boxes with objects and he matched the correct object). He did this activity really well and we repeated this activity at three different times throughout the session. Tony zoned out quite a few times in the beginning (eyes fixed on the tv) and I just redirected him by putting something in his line of sight or moving him to face the activity, or making a sound, etc…This worked well. Tony matched shapes in the shape sorter without mistake (just had to be redirected away from the tv periodically). He also stacked cups of slightly different sizes (one inside of the other). During coloring I had to place my hand over Tony’s for him to hold the crayon in the correct way. If I let go of his hand then he would try to color with the crayon on its side.
We did a lot of physical activity today as a break inbetween objectives such as pouring and putting blocks in the bucket (both of which went well with first hand-over-hand and then just verbal prompt). Tony jumped on his trampoline but for a very short while. He rolled over his exercise ball, bounced on his other ball, and also played outside in the grass. Once outside Tony held my hand until we reached the yard, then he ran off and around the yard, going around the trees, under the hammock, back and forth–he loved it! Tony played a game with me in which he would stop, say “ah”, then I would say “ah”, then he would say “boom” and fall on his butt on the ground. Then I would do it and we’d clap. He did this over and over while running around outside, laughing and giggling. This is by far the best he has done with me outside. When Tony was tired he stopped, said/signed “all done”, then we walked back to the house. Also, when I was stomping on the grass as we walked Tony copied me and stomped his feet too. Tony tried to walk to the pond so I picked him up and bounced him as we went into the door to the house. Tony immediately went to his mom for his cup and then took my hand to his high chair. I showed him his cup picture when he was drinking and his chips one when he was eating. He ate his lunch and made sounds in response to the tv (he even waved as the kids were waving). Kids were beating drums with their hands so I took Tony’s and hit his on his highchair table. He then did it on his own. Tony was a lot more focused after being outside and with the rolling, bouncing, pouring, coloring, matching, etc…Tony did well and was just very receptive. He was in such a great mood and made eye contact frequently, along with many communicative sounds. Oh, we also counted objects and Tony pointed his finger to the objects on his own and made counting sounds. Eventually Tony was ready for his nap and waved goodbye to me. Tony really zoned out a lot in the beginning (here and there) while trying to work but after doing different physical activities he was focused and willing to do anything. I loved working with him today!!