I might get a little obsessive here! Your choice to read; my blog!! Brad took the B and G to the library so we had some time. I'm so glad to have things set up for the most part in the room and get a few chances to do this before our program next week. I will have specific questions! So this time I put the puzzles on the high shelf and locked the door. Forgot to put the blanket out the door though! So that's what he started in on first. He likes both of us to be under....and then out. When we're under he gets really excited and bounces a bit and tries to hug me....shuts his eyes tight. I continued with the "dark/light!!!" business....Did I mention it's about 90 degrees in that room?! Speaking of air (fan in the window), we really need to get the frost on the windows! Like I said, we have the stuff but.....stuff like that is a bit intimidating. It's a stick-on film and it cost $30....If I ruin it because my fine-motor skills fail me I'll be ticked! Anyhow, he did more looking out the window this time without the puzzles as a ready distraction. I pointed to the puzzles on the shelf and he's pretty good approximating the word "puzzle" but didn't. He started trying to open the door. I knew he'd try to start that routine again, so I brought in a book. When he tried the door, I opened the book and said, "open!!". He said, "shut!" so I shut the book and said the same. We did this a couple times and then he gave up on the door and wasn't interested in the book either. I put the book back on the shelf. He started a new series of repetitious actions. He stood on the little chair and then would stand on the little table. I truly think he was waiting for me to tell him to get down or say no, but as I mentioned before the room is a no-"no" zone so I wanted to see where it would lead. I said, "Clark up!" and then he would get down, and I'd say "Clark down!" and then he'd flop on the futon and push me down and I'd say "Mom down!". He'd then start the whole thing over. He does a decent job approximating "up"....It sounds more like, "dut" but per the SRP attitude you accept it and get excited about it until it's more natural and spontaneous and then you ask for more. As he stood on the table, I thought I'd switch it up because in between a few of the routines he'd gallop which is a stim for him. So I'd gallop with him. I noticed he was watching himself do this passing the mirror. And then he'd stop and fall into the sideways stare.....And then he'd start the climbing up again. He grabbed my hair to pull me so I grabbed his...he laughed. He grabbed my shirt too and I did the same to him. He figured out this wasn't going to work so I said, "Mama up!" and jumped up. He wanted me to climb onto the table too. Wasn't happening! He'd go into the sideways stare while standing on the table so I'd say "Clark up!!" and then added, "Mama up!" and jump up and grab him and twirl him around...he'd laugh, and then drop him on the futon and say, "Clark down!".....At this point, when he was on the table and anticipating me jumping up to grab him I made him say "Mama up!!" He did it perfectly several times! Not spontaneously yet, but I'm thrilled. A few times of this and he tried to open the door again. He went downstairs on his own without whining. No whining at all today as a matter of fact. I think the interaction was a lot for him! God, I'm looking forward to this fall when I have several hours a day and more know-how to really work. I can see us making huge progress.
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