an early January 2020 Kishami Session

I actually had Rachel record the entire session on a video camera.  I think I'll have her do that at least every 8 weeks to monitor progress.  I've edited out the dead time and shrunk these down so they shouldn't lag too badly (there's lots of moving from table to floor to treaadmill to trampoline.  The camera was stationary.)

Part 1
This was the beginning of the session.  They started by sounding out words, doing sensory integration around sound, and then  sentence building.  This was followed with about 3 minutes of play break and then on the floor brain bridging, then more play.

Part 2 is using what Rachel calls connecting words.  How do they relate to each other. It was followed by a break to spin on  the chair (resetting vestibular), and he emphatically wants to make sure everything on her list gets checked off.

Part 3 is reading and matching what goes together. It was followed by more Brain bridging on the floor.

Part 4 is really cool if you can hang for the whole 8 1/2 minutes.  Its a reading comprehension review where they talked about 2 books they've done in earlier sessions and then they charted the life cycle (for lack of a better word) of rain.  So it was reading, science, directions, manipulatives.... i'm very impressed. 

 

Part 5 is back to working with his senses.  They are working on identifying smells - first they used both nostrils open and they are now to where he has to identify it thru one nostril only.  And then tactile, Rachel is tracing a number on his arm and seeing if he can identify it from feel.  This stuff is ridiculously cool to me. 

And part 6 wraps it up - its reading comprehension. She actually gets him to answer questions about the story she read to him.  Yeah, he struggles to focus, but he's doing it!!! he is totally doing it!!!

As i mentioned yesterday, we will be doing these sessions for an hour twice a week for the remainder of this school year then he will be attending 6 hours a day for 10 weeks this summer.  We will start next school year in a very different place.

I want to mention that I think all teachers working with our kids our saints and have endless patience.  It literally had not occurred to me that an adult with autism would have different insight and tricks for Dominic.  I don't know why it didn't occur to me, but now that it has, I'm excited about the potential.

PS - I do have the entire hour saved out on google drive.  Any of D's providers in any realm are invited to text me their email if they would like to have it shared with them for reference.