HE GOT IT!!!!

MY LAST ENTRY WAS A SPIN OFF OF THOUGHTS FROM SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT OCCURRED IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING.

DAKOTA IS STILL STRUGLING WITH THE BROKEN LEG : THE ANXIETY AND FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH WALKING AND HURTING HIS LEGS AGAIN BUT WE MADE SOME BREAK THRU. IT IS IN FACT THE REALIZATION THAT I ACTUALLY INSTRUCTED HIM LAST NIGHT ON A SPECIFIC TASK FOR THE FIRST AND ONLY  TIME       AND HE GOT IT!!!!    HE GOT IT!!!!     NOT REPETITION AFTER REPETITION  NOT BABY STEPS  I SIMPLY EXPLAINED TO HIM  ONCE WHAT I WANTED HIM TO DO  I ACTUALLY LEFT THE ROOM AT HIS REQUEST AND  AWHILE LATER   LOW AND BEHOLD A MEAGER "MOMMA" CAME FROM THE ROOM THERE HE WAS--- HE HAD DONE EXACTLY WHAT I ASKED!  

CAN YOU TELL I AM ON THE MOON RIGHT NOW?????

I WAS SO THRILLED I THINK I PRASIED HIM TILL HE DIDNT WANT TO HEAR IT ANY LONGER  I WAS SIMPLY AMAZED  AND AS I THINK YOU HAVE SEEN IN THE LAST TWO ENTRIES  IT REINFORCES THAT OUR KIDS GET IT  AND IN THE RIGHT ENVIROMENT IN THEIR OWN TIME  THEY CAN AND WILL DO WHAT IS NECESSARY.

BEHAVIOR MASKS ALOT OF THEIR ABILITY AND IF YOU CAN  FIGURE OUT THE TRIGGER FOR THE BEHAVIOR AND REMOVE IT I BELIEVE YOU WILL HAVE SUCCESS.  IT MAY NOT BE CONSISTANT AT FIRST BUT CONTINUALLY DISECTING THE PROCEES TO WHAT THEY HAVE FEAR ABOUT AND WHAT THEY REACT TO AND THEN TALK  TALK   AND  TALK   SOME MORE  EVEN IF THEY DONT VERBALIZE THEY WILL KNOW YOU ARE TRYING TO HELP THEM THROUGH THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SO MANY OF OUR KIDS HAVE EXTREME ANXIETY-- DR. RICHARD LA VOIE TAUGHT ME ONE VERY IMPORTANT LESSON I WILL NEVER FORGET: HE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT PRESCRPITION TREATMENT OF OUR KIDS AND HOW SO MANY ARE BEING GIVEN ANTI-DEPRESSANTS  AND THE SIMPLE FACT THAT OUR KIDS ARE NOT DEPRESSED!

THAT DEPRESSION IS THE FEAR OF WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED

ANXIETY IS THE FEAR OF WHATS TO COME!

AND FROM MY POINT OF VIEW; THAT IS POINT OF CLARITY. I TRULY BELIEVE THAT MOST AUTISTIC CHILDREN  SUFFER FROM THE FEAR OF WHATS COMING NOT WHATS HAPPENED. THINK ABOUT  IT  SOCIAL STORIES SPELL OUT WHAT TO EXPECT , WHEN OUR KIDS TANTRUM IT IS USUALLY BECAUSE THINGS DID NOT GO THE WAY THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO   COUPLED WITH   O.C.D. {OBESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER} THE DEPENDENCE ON  ROUTINES OR SCHEDULES  OR EVEN THE FACT THAT THEY LINE THINGS UP OR DO THINGS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER TELLS ME THAT IS THEIR SECURITY--IF WE GIVE THEM THAT "TRUST IN US " TO PROVIDE SECURITY AND SAFE ENVIROMENT  I BELIEVE  WE WILL SEE PROGRESS.

YOU WILL SEE YOUR CHILD GET IT!  JUST LIKE I SAW DAKOTA GET IT!!