Wow! Andre played Sand on a beach with bare feet! First time!

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We went to the Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park today, and I was planing let Andre step on sand for a little bit as he was always very sensitive with sand on his feet, and he hasn’t step on sand for months. So when we walk towards the beach I told him we were going to play the sand for a little bit. Andre replied “play the sand for a little bit“. After we got to the beach I put him down (he was already bare feet), he was totally fine!!! No whining, no complaints at all! He was not tolerating it. He was 100% good! I was so surprised! We used a little bucket to build some sandcastles, and he enjoyed it a lot. Also he kicked/played a beach ball. He was so happy!

He was good with sand not because of we put him on sand a lot and desensitized. It’s really because of his nerve system is much more mature and the sensory integration is much better! Nice!

第一次开开心心的玩沙子!感觉大脑整合了，感统自然就好了很多。扣了4个沙堡，还踢了球，不亦乐乎。

Andre used some new words asking for help on Grace's OT session

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The OT Grace pushed Andre a little bit with some difficult fine motor tasks, and surprisingly Andre used some words he never used before asking for help, like “Mom help me to do this“ and “Mom hurry up!“ lol. Very funny. That’s a perfect example that Language is based on social needs.

Grace阿姨fine motor很难,一想帮帮什么都说出来了。比如 妈妈帮我弄，快点儿。。。

追遥控小车上山下山,超级能跑。

自己搬体重秤，假装量身高和体重!!!


We felt Andre got some big development in the past few days

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After he finished the OT session today, Andre was bringing the sword toy which was used in the OT session to the front desk lady and talked to her:”看看这是什么东西”. This was in mandarin Chinese, which means “Look! What thing is this?“ OMG we were shocked! This was the first time he shared the interest to someone!

We got a new OT yesterday

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Finally we got Dorothy with centra pediatric therapy! She is beyond great. We feel really lucky to get her as Andre's OT.

It was just the evaluation, and we were super impressed by how good the Andre’s fine motor skill is. After the 1 hour evaluation, he had not reached the ceiling yet! He kept going on and on and on… We have to do an extended evaluation next time. Dorothy let him cut a circle and he did it successfully! This was his first time. Wow! We felt it pays back after all the effort we put it.

Talking about ABA from a parent's perspective

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We had ABA service for about 6 months, and then stopped it. In this video I'm talking about the pro and con about ABA, and our experience. Hopefully it's helpful.