She had a really good ABA session this morning with Cari. And she worked fast. Cari was pretty much done with her session probably an hour and half into it. A few behaviors, but for the most part, very cooperative and talkative. And, Raquel scored 100% on PECS! We've certainly come a long way in this program.
Raquel was very happy, interactive and talkative throughout her entire speech session. Today we played with dolls. :-) We took turns putting them to sleep, modeling "shhhh", and at one point Mary was pretending to sleep and snoring, and I'd ask Raquel to go wake her up. She listened pretty consistently, but one time said, "No" and went over to her toy box instead. After a few moments, Mary said, "Nita, wake me up!" so I did and then we both just cracked up laughing. I told her that I'll really miss the speech therapy. It's the one session a week that I get to act like a little kid, forget all my worries, and basically just play and laugh. I told her that I would be having the transition meeting this week, so she will be dropping off a report before that. She said that once I sign some kind of release form, she'll be able to discuss Raquel's case with the school district psychologist.
One side note to add: Last Saturday was my father-in-laws 80th birthday party (Happy Birthday Dad!). I prepared myself for the worst in dealing with Raquel - it was held at their community golf course clubhouse and had close to 100 people, the vast majority Raquel not even knowing. She did amazing! So great that she even was able to sit in a high chair at our table and have dinner with everyone. She was walking all around the place and wasn't the slightest bit scared. She even took a little nap while we were cutting the cake!
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