I have got to the point where I reckon I'm doing a mixture of these things. I haven't read a book about Sonrise though, but I recognise my approach from the snippets I have read online. I also only have a couple of pages of info about floortime from a site.
Is anyone else taking this sort of approach? I do feel something is working as ds2 is so much happier. I'm pretty hemmed in by being with him in the house so much of the time, while he pursues his passions. My brother came to see us today, so I feel much more mellow. He can see the difference between each visit and he can remember his own self at a younger age.
I think that my next report to the home ed lady will be a summary along these lines. It may turn into a cathartic essay. Last time I gave her a full list of all the blogs, sites and books I refer to. I felt proud to be able to give her so much to take away to chew over.
Does anyone else have a robust record keeping system to follow how their child is progressing in all ways? I am still at the initial phase of knowing I need some sort of baseline assessment, but am swamped by it all. I only realised today that he has learnt to flush the loo by himself, so that would go down as part of self care. Maybe that is why he has gone backwards in other areas??? Refusing to change his clothes each am/pm for example.
I just feel I have to be on top of what I am doing with him and why, so I can explain it clearly to my negative and critical relatives as well as to myself.
It's helpful to get this all down