Hi Everyone,
I wanted to post this for the families with younger kids doing Lovaas ABA and for them to see how an older kid is doing.
My child is not in the ~47% group the ones that are indistinguishable from their peers; hes still working on reaching that level.
But, I wanted to reiterate that for my child, doing Lovaas has definitely been a positive influence in his life.
To put it into perspective he was diagnosed at Sunny Hill with Autism Disorder, Moderate Mental Handicap, & Moderate to severe language delay.
Hes been doing ABA tutoring since he was 4 years old so about 9 years now with the same consultant, team lead and tutor Boh & Jen. And one of the key tenets of our program was to have him develop the self-motivation to achieve the best in whatever he was working on.
We put him into Special Olympics Skating several years ago to help him improve his balance, coordination and improve his flippy-floppy posture. The skating thing really gelled with him, he started doing the Special Olympics figure skating program and along the way the self-motivation to be the best he could kicked in.
Just week we receive a call from his skating coach for a last minute interview with Global TV, the only catch was that he had less than 24 hours to learn how to respond to the interview questions for the following day.
These were the questions that had to be mastered for the next day:
-What do you love about your sport?
-How long have you been doing it?
-What are your goals in sport?
-What have been your biggest moments and/or achievements in your sport?
-How often do you practice?
-What are some of the hardest things/biggest challenges for you in your sport?
-What are some of the things you do best in your sport?
-How has your sport experience changed since joining special Olympics?
http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/perrysprospects/
They dont mention his disability during the segment. The focus is all on the skating but I hope most of you will see why we are so proud of his hard earned achievements to date.
Im not sure if he achieved 100% answering those question but he sure tried his best.
Regards
Joachim
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