Carson had a great week! School has already made a difference in him. He has only been going for 3 weeks but I see a huge difference already! I am so blessed we found Step By Step. They are wonderful and he loves it there! Now we have a 3 day weekend so we will see what thats going to be like for him. Weekends are really difficult for him because he gets out of his routine and with autistics that is extremley hard on them especially on Carson who doesnt understand what we say to him.
That has to be the biggest challenge as of right now. Having a child who is non-verbal is almost like having a child who doesnt speak the same language as you. He gets so frustrated because he doesnt understand a word we say and we dont understand what he says. He tries so hard to communicate and he gets so frustrated when we dont know what he wants. We cant reason with him and explain things to him like you should be able to with a 3yr old. A typical day for us is a day full of question marks. He has days where he is very upset the entire day and we spend the whole day trying so hard to figure out what he wants and we never can figure it out. I cant imagine what it must be like for him. He cant tell us when he's thirsty, hungry, tired or if he doesnt feel good. That has to be so awful and also extremley scary!
Communication is one of the big things he is working on in school. He is learning to communicate through picture cards using PEC's (picture exchange). We purchased PECs and have been working at home with him for a few months now but we havent had much luck. We are hoping that he will pick it up quick at school.
So here's to another weekend and I'm sure it will be a challenging one but I'm ready to take it on!!!
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