Raquel had a pretty challenging weekend (was cutting molars), so I didn't really know how she would react to the start of her new week. I commented to Mike on Sunday night that I almost wished Janine wasn't coming for her first weekly session because I didn't want to start the week out all stressful, especially after the weekend she had. Sorry Janine!
Janine overlapped with Cari again. Raquel was happy to see them - well, Cari - but only wimpered a little when Janine walked in. Then she just gave her what Mike calls, "the stink eye" from across the room. It was very apparent that Raquel identifies Janine as the "bad guy", but eventually does warm up to her. Yesterday, it took about ten minutes and she was sitting next to her.
Raquel was in her throwing mood yesterday. Her throwing is different than what it was at the start of her original program when anything placed in front of her would be chucked in any given direction. Yesterday, it was kind of her way of saying she didn't feel like participating in that particular trial. But again, this is ABA, so everytime she did it, Cari would make her pick up the object and put it down properly.
Despite the throwing, she had another really great session. She continues to be more and more vocal, which is wonderful to hear. And she really seems to enjoy this program. She has her favorite demands and is very stubborn, but overall I think she likes the routine - so far.
We had the most AWESOME speech session yesterday afternoon!!! Besides TONS of talking and verbal immitations, Raquel was doing the most functional play!!! At one point, Mary brought out her "mystery box" and Raquel would peek inside to see what she wanted. She pulled out a little train, then got up, walked to the kitchen and began pushing it on the kitchen floor. I know that may sound pretty trivial, but it was actually HUGE! It didn't go in her mouth, it wasn't thrown, it was used the way it was intended to be used. Then Mary gave her a big train that had a spinning blocks on top, and Raquel started crawling on the floor pushing the train, and then putting the spinning blocks where they were supposed to go. She was stacking, putting things in, and just doing pretty much whatever Mary asked of her. And when Mary left, Raquel waved good-bye to her. Sorry ABA Team! I know you have a program for this...
Raquel woke up at 5am this morning and then fell asleep at 11:15am - 15 minutes before her session with Jennifer. Jennifer started filling out her paperwork , and then I had to wake her up after napping for about 20 minutes. Despite being tired, she did good. She wasn't as cooperative as the last time, but was still pretty vocal and was doing her tasks. One time, Jennifer was scoring her attempts (and giving Raquel a break) and Raquel went up to her and said, "Play." Jennifer said, "You want to play?" and Raquel said, "Put in." Jennifer immediately got the cups and balls and they started doing the put-in trials. It was really nice to see her effectively communicating.
Tomorrow she has occupational therapy in the morning and then Janine & Jennifer overlap for the 2pm - 4pm session.
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