When Jonathan woke up, he asked me a lot of questions about the day. I imagine that he was trying to organize the day in his head. As we walked down the stairs, he hugged me and told me he loved me in the middle of the stairwell. I told him I loved him too and we walked downstairs holding each other by the waist. He had never done that. Very sweet. He saw Abuita sitting on the sofa waiting for him and ran to say hi to her and hugged her hard. I gave him his supplements and fed him breakfast and off they went to the gym.
When I arrived in the afternoon, he was laying down on his green pillow staring at space. When a teacher told him that I was there, he stood up and came to hug me. He asked me if we were going to the submarine and I said yes.
HBOT Day 36
On our way to the chamber, he asked me "Mommy, are you going to the submarine with me today?" and I answered that I wasn't because I was sick. We were going to meet Daddy at the submarine and then he would go inside with Daddy. He was okay with the answer. Yesterday he was anxious when he got out and didn't see me outside the chamber. So I wanted to explain that I would not be there today either. I believe that he understood because Daddy didn't tell me that he was anxious today. A good sign.
As we drove to the chamber, he was talking to Vanessa and pointing out different things that he saw (in addition to the traffic lights).
At home, he did well today. No interest in the PC today. Daddy tried to keep him engaged with other activities. He ate well, and played a bit with his Leapster. But again, his expressive language is becoming more complex which is nice.
RDI
Today I read a note that his ABA therapist left in his book yesterday that said that she had done some RDI activities with him successfully. That intrigued me and emailed the director of the ABA therapist to find out if they now do RDI in addition to ABA. She responded that although they don't do full RDI, what they do is add some RDI programs to the high functioning clients to help them with their social skills. That is an area where Jonathan still struggles with. I am now even more convinced that RDI is our next behavioral therapy. My husband and I are going to attend a conference next week given by some consultants in the area. The program is expensive and time consuming it seems. Parents need to attend a 4 day seminar and then use a consultant to move from levels. And all the exercises are done by the parents, not a therapist. I might not be able to do all that, but I will try to learn what I can and use a consultant when feasible.
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