Moving along...

We are moving along on this road!  D began occupational therapy this week.  It couldn't have gone smoother!  He was very receptive to his new therapist.  And the motivation of a pretzel stick at the end of the session is helpful as well!

I was able to observe the first session, which put my heart at ease.  His therapist is wonderful.  She made it fun and functional.  We were even sent home with some "homework" to do between sessions, which is practicing his handwriting with proper orientation of the letters from top to bottom.  Now, we shall see how he does for me when I ask him to sit down and practice!  Previous experiences were riddled with lack of attention and frustration (on both sides).  Much of his difficulty with writing is due to weakness in his hands, which they are working on with other activities in therapy.  So my prayer is that our attempts to practice are successful and enjoyable.  One of my main goals in this is for D to have a positive outlook on school and not to hate it because it is difficult.  

Moving along...

Have you ever dropped the ball on something that needed to be done?  I admittedly just stalled on this behavior chart that we were supposed to be working on with D - and he even called me out about not doing it!  Smart little guy.  We were given the directions from the child psychologist over a week ago...eek!   I know!  Mainly, it was the busyness of life that kept putting it off, but something is nagging at my heart about what this behavior chart establishes and what it is teaching.  I'll expand more about the behavioral stuff in the next post, especially because I'm still praying about this, trying to heed his voice and not my own thoughts/opinions.  For now, I finally put the chart into effect TODAY.  We'll try it for a few days and will follow up with the psychologist next week.  

Thank you for walking this road with us.  I'm off to get ready for a birthday party for a sweet 'lil (almost) 3 year old.  Have a great weekend!

xoxo,
Chele