Well, it's the end of week 4 and it was a much better week. Cam started out strong on Monday. This week's lesson was shapes. Cam was pulling shapes from under the scarf by feeling them and he found them pretty well. Erika once again came up with some really creative ways of getting the kid's to learn shapes. We cut them out of Play-doh and felt them, then destroyed them ;) She also placed cut out shapes on a page in front of the kids and then would take away a shape to see of they could tell which one was missing. We talked about each shape beforehand, so Cam actually did very well with this through eye gaze mostly. Erika asked which shape was missing and he would look to the spot. He would also look to the correct spot when we told him to look at the square, circle or triangle. I'm so proud of him! He was not quite as impressed with Friday's lesson. We colored shapes, Erika cut them out and then we pasted them on paper to make a house. Erika just laughed at him and his indifference!
Each day we practice getting socks on and off and shirt on and off. We've been having trouble getting him to do this so Erika decided to have him sit up rather than lay down. This really seemed to work very well and he did better. It seems that laying down and working against gravity is still difficult.
Cam working to get his socks off
It's a lot of hard work!
Pottying continues to go very well! On Wednesday, he pottied twice during the program for the first time! Two potty stickers in one day! He did this two days in a row. On Friday he never went, but stayed dry the whole time! I took him about 4 times while we were there and he never went. Not sure what happened that day.
Eating continues to go well. He loves bananas, sweet potatoes, chocolate pudding and applesauce. He continues to eat about 1/3 to a 1/2 of a container of what he likes. Pears and fruit mixtures do not go over as well. He also tolerates apple and grape juice very well. He will stop eating and refuse food until I give him some juice. When he's done, he will let me know as well by closing his lips to both food and juice, or trying to stand.
Speaking of standing! Cam's new shoes have really made a difference in standing. He is doing well in this area too. He still tries to turn his right ankle over, but his new shoes help to support his ankles so he can't turn it.
We continue to try to get Cam to walk out in the gait trainer. I think by the end of the day, he is just so tired that it doesn't appeal to him quite as well. Erika and I will continue to encourage him to go though. He really likes chasing the other boys up the hall, but they are usually gone way before he gets to the end. The great thing is that he continues to tolerate it without getting too upset. He will whine because he's tired, but he will not go into one of his fits and flat out refuse to move! Once again, this is huge for him!
Cam working hard to reach and get the ball.
Erika tells me just about every day how impressed she is with Cam this year. His tolerance and strength are what impress her the most. She is so proud of him, and so are we (do I say that enough??).
Okay, one more praise and I'll close out this week's blog. Cam's rolling continues to improve. He is really starting to get the idea of what he needs to do to roll over. He still has a ways to go, but he is making progress!
Thanks again for supporting us as we spend this valuable time here trying to help Cam progress. I promise more pics next week of all the different activities. Next week, Lisa and Teresa (Cam's Teacher and OT) are coming to check out Cam's progress. It's our last week, so I hope we can make it count!! I'm ready to get home, but, once again, will desperately miss The Grace Center!!
Here are Cam's new BFF's :) aka: the kids he works so hard with every day!
Go Jake, climb that plinth table!
Even though the picture is a little blurry, I'm sure you can still see why Cam loves Hannah Grace!
Sweet, sweet Cody!
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