tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post5642347219099496687..comments2023-10-18T04:40:55.431-05:00Comments on All Access Pass to Jack: Life is Therapy--How to Get StartedMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16158883265713752481noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-51555031421382753862009-11-26T04:12:25.654-06:002009-11-26T04:12:25.654-06:00This is a wonderful series! Good for you for enco...This is a wonderful series! Good for you for encouraging others to think creatively to meet your child's needs!Run DMThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15022401763893505798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-61368162331726373302009-11-24T17:24:00.234-06:002009-11-24T17:24:00.234-06:00Rachel, I'm glad you linked that post. Modelin...Rachel, I'm glad you linked that post. Modeling is an excellent way to help our kiddos to be willing to try things. They see that we do it and they trust us. It's the reason kids learn so much (good and bad) from each other.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158883265713752481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-7353099203544252062009-11-24T16:56:42.333-06:002009-11-24T16:56:42.333-06:00Great post! It's really interesting to watch ...Great post! It's really interesting to watch kids go from not interacting while playing to interacting while playing. It's almost like they are born completely in their own world, and slowly but surely see that others are worth interacting with too.<br /><br />I linked in a post that doesn't really talk about the therapy side of it, so I will explain how it applies:<br /><br />Trying to get kids to trust you in new situations is really hard - especially with Ali, because she is so timid to new things. My post is about one that went bad, and one that went good. I think one of the main reasons the second one went well was because she got to watch me do all of the same things first. I'm not sure that would have worked in the first situation, but I'll definitely try it next time!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10369662617248103139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-49957936846060165402009-11-24T14:39:40.707-06:002009-11-24T14:39:40.707-06:00Melissa--great idea. That's a great way to wor...Melissa--great idea. That's a great way to work in a little learning fun during an everyday activity. <br />Mommytoalot and Momisodes--Oh thank you so much but I’m pretty clueless a lot of the time. <br />Life is a lot more fun though when I try to join him right where he is. <br />Watching videos of us interacting really makes me see what I missed. I watched a video the other day of him when he was completely non-verbal and had just started to take off with his walking. It completely broke my heart. In the video he was very obviously (to me now) saying up up up. He wanted to reach up and look in the window. He wanted up on the swing. He wanted to stand up on the swing and reach the canopy. Back then I was so focused on what he wasn’t doing yet and so worried about when and if he would ever catch up that I completely missed what he was doing. If I’d known then what I do now there’s no telling how much faster he would have begun reciprocally communicating. Makes me sad for the little guy that was and I’m trying really hard to make it up to the quickly growing little guy that is. :)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16158883265713752481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-33300158371004171682009-11-24T12:53:51.956-06:002009-11-24T12:53:51.956-06:00It's amazing how attuned you are. I often for...It's amazing how attuned you are. I often forget to look through the eyes of my toddler at times.Momisodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752015177628948631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-63370586616439908492009-11-24T07:44:17.163-06:002009-11-24T07:44:17.163-06:00Fantastic. Love the way you got him to splash by ...Fantastic. Love the way you got him to splash by singing his song.mommytoalothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08389938416950823534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5835940797892661941.post-55883129310284559192009-11-24T00:43:37.029-06:002009-11-24T00:43:37.029-06:00mine loves going up stairs whenevr he goes we coun...mine loves going up stairs whenevr he goes we count tthem :)Melissa aka Equidaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05352024837539210547noreply@blogger.com