Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Weekly Update -- 15 - 21 March 2010

Yay, I'm 167 weeks old today!

Masinja didn't have Speech this week. His therapist's little ones were sick so she had to stay home with them. He did have OT though and it was interesting to say the least. His therapist had him take a break from beads and instead had him put washers onto dowels. She tried getting him to copy patterns by using big and little washers but Masinja was too distracted by the fact that the washers were shiny! She also tried working on horizontal and vertical lines again. They have a neat board with a black light behind it that you can draw on with special crayons. Masinja didn't really cooperate with that either though because he was too busy trying to switch colors constantly. I guess it's a good thing that he didn't have to go to Speech afterwards because he probably wouldn't have done very well!

Masinja had his 31st ECI session this week. His new OT and her student teacher came to observe Masinja eating lunch. She wanted to see how he grasps his utensils and give us some strategies on how to help him. He did a pretty good job with his fork although she did notice that he has a hard time seeing the food and often misses. She said it is most likely due to his vision. He didn't do very well with the spoon at all. He doesn't hold it correctly and every time she tried to correct his grasp he would change it right back as soon as she took her hand away! Masinja doesn't hold the spoon upright either but instead turns it upside down so obviously he winds up wearing most of his food. His OT is going to send an adaptable spoon with his teacher next week so we can give that a try.

That's all for now.

Peace,
T.M.M.

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