Yesterday night Keshav went to sleep at around 8:00PM. He was up at 12:30 AM and according to Rochelle's report did not go to sleep until 4:00 in the morning. This is not good. He did not take a nap whole day yesterday and should have slept through the night as he was quite tired.


ABA Therapist Note
Good day for Keshav! He continues to improve with his imitation skills and though we first introduce new skills at the table, once he is demostrating independence with the, we are now presenting the majority during play time away from the table! :) Keshav continues to amaze us with his acqusition of the movements with songs. Today, he went back and forth between Rochelle and I, requesting specific songs (in Keshav's way). When we began singing "Twinkle Twinkle" Keshav approached Rochelle, pushing her arms up as they would be to twinkle her fingers. Then, some time later, Keshav came over to me, grabbed my hand and held it up, pulling my fingers up. I said, "Three Little Ducks?" and Keshav began doing the first motion that he typically does for this song, "over the hills!" Often we are stopping, waiting for Keshav to follow along with the motions and he is manding, "more." I think we might be able to start incorporating the "music" mand into this activity as well! Per parent report, Keshav started school at Summit in Elgin on Monday and will be attending 3x per week (MTW). Rochelle told me that he was actually imitated his peers during play time!! She said that he watched a peer playing with cars and went over and joined him, independently staying with his peer, playing cars on the track! She also said that they had a water day yesterday (Tuesday) and though Keshav was a bit apprehensive about getting into the pool, once he saw one of his peers walk over to the pool and splash the water with his hands, Keshav did the same. Some time later, he imitated another peer, splashing the water with his feet! Given how Keshav struggled a bit with imitation when we first began working with him, I am ecstatic that he is imitating his peers in the natural environment!! Great job, Keshav!!

Parent's Report
According to Rochelle, Keshav has been mouthing everything at SUMMIT SCHOOL. His eye contact is very poor with the teachers at SUMMIT. He however pushed his chair during circle time or something and enjoys the songs at SUMMIT. I noticed that yesterday Keshav was more open to ride the wooden horse at our place. He is also more open and on his own goes in and out of the play tunnel that we set for him. When we first bought the play tunnel about 2 months back, he would not go inside it and had to coaxed with a reinforcer to go inside. This doesnt seem to be the case anymore.Keshav is still loosing his balance and still has an unusual gait.