"Dusya had a great day today. She accepted a new and very challenging ball game in the swing room and was very talkative all day. She also accomplished one of HER "goals" she's been working on since before Christmas. In a cabinet in the fine motor room I have two boxes of sensory toys. One is full of light up spinning toys including a Christmas snow scene that really snows. Another is a box of wiggly balls she's always loved. Earlier this week she finally figured out how to ask for the wiggly balls and we bargained balls for fine motor work. But what she really wanted was the snow toy. She's asked for it several ways that weren't specific enough ("I want that" --pointing to box + saying "It's snowing"). Today she went to the cabinet and tried several unsuccessful requests then told me "I want to climb". I told her "go ahead." She tried for a while then grabbed my hand and pulled me to the cabinet. I stood there waiting for her to communicate and I could tell she was getting frustrated so I prompted "If you need help, you can say "I need help"". She tried several versions of that and I responded with "You need help with what? I would love to help you, tell me what you need, etc" Until she finally said "I need help climbing up there" + pointed to teh cabinet/counter at which point I helped her up and she got the toys she's wanted for almost a month. I am so proud of her."
- Cara.
That same day, I also got a second note from Cara with this drawing:
"Dusya made this on 1/6/11 with only Ms. Cara's finger touching her hand. She wrote Cookie with only about 15% help. I am so proud of Dusya!"
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