Floortime

Last week at occupational therapy our therapist, Jade, started a new intervention program called Floortime with Ryan. I had picked up a book about it recently and so I knew a bit about it. In Jade's opinion Ryan will do better on this program than he would doing ABA. I had thought it made sense when I read the book and so I was thrilled to hear that Ryan could have a chance at it. She's going to train me to do it so I can work with him at home and I may show the rest of the family as well. He needs eight 20 min. sessions a day. I will do most of them but the kids and Rory can do them as well.
The basic idea is to join him in his play, in what he's interested in, and connect with him then gradually challenge him to come into our world more when he realizes he wants to learn because he wants that shared connection. We learn better when we are emotionally connected to what we are learning and its the same for kids like Ryan. I am hopeful that this intervention works well for him even though I am struggling for time to clean, cook, take care of the other kids, etc. It really is a lot of fun, I still like to play so it works well for me! Its the getting up at 4 in the morning so I have enough time to clean the house that is tough! The other kids can be involved in the play too so it works for everyone.
Last but not least these are some pics from Memorial day weekend at my Mom and Dads and some from our house. Grandpa was working on some bikes with Jessi and Jon.