MANDS = 24

Today was a more difficult day with Tony because he had very little sleep last night. He didn’t really want to focus on any one activity. Parker and I had to redirect a lot today to get him on task. Tony manded “all done” for a lot of activities after only a few minutes. Even though he was feeling tired through most of the session, we still got some things done. We did spend a lot of the time outside. Tony really enjoyed splashing in the puddles outside and also throwing sticks into the water. Tony definitely knows the word for “throw” as he would use it as a mand by asking me to throw sticks and leaves.

While we were inside we worked on intraverbals and motor imitation. Tony was not very responsive to any of the “do this” SDs but did follow some direction when we switched to the dolls. He made the doll clap her hands and “think” in the thinking chair.

I worked on receptives with a mirror that Tony kept picking up. I had to do hand over hand with grab your nose, eyes, ears and mouth. Tony did touch his hair on the first time when I asked him to “grab your hair.” I didn’t get a whole lot done with Mr. Potato Head today because Tony had little interest. I asked him “where does Mr. Potato Head’s arm go?” and Tony was able to put it in the correct place with a gestural prompt.

I also worked on tacting adjectives with Tony “big/little” and “long/short” and also colors. Although he didn’t tact anything today, I know he is learning. He independently tacts some colors like “black” while he’s coloring which is great. He has also really taken a liking to his magnetic color book lately.

So today was not so hot, but we all have to remember that any two-year old has those days. I’m looking forward to tomorrow.