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Posted By ---> A Son-Rise Message Board Participant on February 17, 2000 at 01:32:23:
Welcome to Son-Rise! You and your little one are going to have such amazing experiences. In discovering a guideline of what to work on with your child, I'd start by listing what you want for him both long-term and short-term. A few months into our program we set up a vision for Curtis and our program that we wanted to inspire him to "be comfortable actively participating with people." Then, we listed what that would look like to us (communicating his wants, looking at us, joining in games, initiating games), how we could help inspire it, what could assist him in moving in that direction and what could possibly hinder it.
We started that simply, believing that once he was comfortable and active in his participation, all would flow from there. Now, our vision for him is much more detailed as are his goals for himself. I take time every quarter to set down a vision of what we want and talk to him about what he wants for himself (he's going for arm strength and writing clearly this quarter and boy is he working hard and motivated since it's his goal!) It really helps us to get focused on what steps we want to inspire.
I've seen alot of kids do very well with the ABA/Lovvas therapies but have noticed that they tend to get very wrapped up in skill building and learned responses and the kids are much less motivated by people as Son-Rise kids seem to be after awhile in a program. Remember that Catherine Maurice used a combination of ABA and play therapy. Of course, only you can know what is best for your child and family.
We have combined a number of therapies with our program depending on Curtis' needs. Once you're bonded with the child, you're getting alot of openings for you to initiate stuff and his motivation is built through Son-Rise, it is very easy to pull the best from various other therapies and programs to make your program even stronger.
Some great resources I've used are:
1. The Carolina Curriculum for Infants & Toddlers (and For Preschoolers) with Special Needs Paul Brooks Publishing 800-638-3775 This is the most detailed listing of developmental skills I've found -- it helps show where breakdowns are occuring and it lists ideas for developing skills
2. Teach Me Language by Sabrina Freeman SKF Books, Canada (I think Future Horizans sells it -- I've seen it at most of the autism conferences I've been to) This is for kids who are speaking in phrases and sentences but need help in building higher language skills like conversations, questions, discussion skills, etc. It's in ABA drill format but I use it to see how they break down the learning process and to get ideas to build games around.
I've heard that "Behavioral Intervention for Children with Autism" edited by Catherine Maurice is very helpful in giving ideas for breaking down skills too but I haven't gotten it yet
3. Hirsch's Core Knowledge Series "What Your Kindergartner (& then 1-6th grader) Should Know"
4. "Basic Skills" workbooks I've found at various educational supply stores and even department stores like Target (using these for ideas of what typical kids are able to do)
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