OT NOTES FEB. 1, 2013

Johan was seen and treated today for Occupational Therapy. He's hyperactive thus needed maximum prompts to stay seated. Eye contact was established upon maximum prompts.

Session focused on:

1. Greetings/Action songs 

***He was able to sing given prompts.  

***He was able to imitate actions given prompts.

2. Gross Motor Skills

***Sitting tolerance - needed prompts

***Throwing ball

***Wheelbarrow - maximum prompts

***Pushing boxes.

***Pushing away

3. Fine Motor Skills

***Donning/removing socks

***Tracing - He was able to assume the shapes but has difficulty in maintaining grip.

                                                           Trying on a bike at a mall

MISSION ACCOMPLISHED

What I can consider the best Christmas present I got this year is when the little boy learned to say, "MOMMY POO-POO and MOMMY WEE-WEE. The potty training process is laborious and challenging as it is to other moms. In my little boy's case,  training started on March of 2012 until December of the same year. Apparently, it took a long while for him to grasp the idea. One factor that I came to cipher is that, I am a working mom, I'm not home 24-7. My so-called training is not as rigid as the yaya's. Consequently, diaper started to irritate the little boy. Hence, it was stripped off of my grocery list.

Another reason that carved a smile on my face is he also learned to follow simple instructions like "close the door", "put this on the table", "give this to daddy", "get that", "throw this away", etc. The technique is simple, it's repetition. I also tried to involve him with house chores such as cleaning up the refrigerator as well as the bathroom even with washing the dishes.