8/10/06

This morning I arrived earlier than usual for the IFSP meeting. His
other therapists and the coordinators went over the progress he has
made so far and other skills they want him to accomplish. Tony seemed
to have mastered most of the goals set the last time they met. So I
will have to try to incorporate some of the new skills he needs to
meet into his play.

When the meeting was over Tony was just waking up. He didn’t sleep
long considering he went to bed around 6:30AM. Apparently, the pink
water that Tony absolutely loves has been causing his problems latley.
I have only been working with Tony for about 3 weeks, but had noticed
a change in his demeanor over the past few days. He had not been
making eye contact with me and wasn’t answering questions with ‘yes’
or ‘no’ which are usually pretty easy for him. It seemed more like he
was in his own little world. He also seemed to be getting upset a lot
easier, but I just assumed this was a result of his lack of sleep
latley.

I spent most of the day with Tony trying to keep him occupied, so he
wouldn’t get upset and his parents could relax a little. I could tell
they needed it! We watched the usual shows: Nightmare before
Christmas, Bear and the Big Blue House, and Wiggles. I also tried to
get him to paint and color but he seemed to get bored with this really
quickly. Morgan and I finally got him outside later in the day, but
as we were walking he seemed to spot the pool and of course he really
wanted to go to it. I knew this wouldn’t be an option today because
Marlaina had been up all night. So I picked him up and tried to
distract him by showing him all the boats. I got him interested by
telling him to help me count all the boats. He seems to be getting a
little fascinated with boats lately. Later on we went on a wagon ride
around the neighbourhood, I tried to point things out to him along the
way to identify but he was only interested in playing with the
crayons. Hopefully, he will forget about the pink water soon and we
can make more progress.