Because Shiloh does not yet verbalize, we have put together a book of picture-symbols. Called "the idea book", it is a picture list of things that Shiloh can do. This is to compensation strategy that was designed to help him deal with his uncertainty (of what to do next).
His therapist took some of the photos, because she has taken pictures for magazines and brochures in the past. By the time they were ready, however, we had thought of a number of other things to go in the book. After getting my new camera, I was able to take the pictures myself. Are they magazine-quality?
9 years ago
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I've been out of the loop for the last few days. Love Shiloh's smile without his tooth.
These photos are a great idea! Do you go over the pictures with him (asking him questions about what's first and what happens after?) Or does he just look at the pictues by himself?
I love you! Hope Julie is feeling well this week.
Shiloh has a lot of trouble knowing what to do next. For him, the downtime between activities means a lot of uncertainty and anxiety. To counter this, we've begun teaching him how to organize his thoughts in a productive manner, using this picture "idea book". So far, it's worked very well.
We do have a "sequence puzzle", which shows three sequential pictures of an activity (before, during, after). To complete the puzzle, he has to figure out which picture comes first, second, and last. He does surprisingly well at this.
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