Raquel had a really good day yesterday. She slept really well the night before, had a great morning, had her OT session, lunch and then an early nap. I was paranoid that she would not have a nap and be overly tired when Janine and Jennifer showed up at 2pm. Instead, because she was rested, I was excited to see how she'd do in her second ABA session.
I was playing on the floor with her when they arrived. As soon as they stepped foot into the living room, Raquel immediately started a tantrum. They hadn't even put their stuff down yet. Janine then asked me to go in the other room while they dealt with it. This lasted 10 minutes, and then I was asked to come back in the room. Janine was very excited that Raquel was upset when she first saw them. She said that this means Raquel already understands their roles, something that usually takes a couple weeks.
A little while later, when I was answering questions and not giving her all of my attention, another tantrum started and I had to go in the other room again. This one lasted 8 minutes. And a little while after that, another one started but as soon as I got up to go in the other room, she stopped. They are very happy that she is catching on to that as well. All 3 tantrums happened within the first 45 minutes. After that, she was very cooperative and able to participate in the session.
Again, they are extremely excited about her being in the program, commenting on how well she is able to do things already and that they see nothing but great things for her. We'll see how today goes. This is Janine's last day overlapping for training and the one-on-one therapy will start tomorrow.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment