a good note...
Last Thursday, school had a hot lunch (finally) that Weston could eat and he decided to buy. He was pretty verbal at home about getting a tray and who he wanted to help him, etc so once we arrived at school to encourage his language I prompted him to tell Toth and Huellmantel that he was buying lunch and that he wanted Cody to help. Huellmantel asked him a question about whether he had money, and it appeared he went to check his backpack in the hall. We continued talking and then realized he wasn't around...come to find out, he took it upon himself to walk down to the cafeteria to see Ms. Farmer and buy a chocolate milk. I learned later that he waved at the ladies in the office on the way down and on the way back. The lunch lady emailed the following when I asked her about how that conversation went...would've LOVED to been a fly on the wall...
"Wes was very talkative! He told me he needed a tray! And he needed a chocolate! I told him I'd bring his tray to class later! Very smiley and confident!"
He returned to class with a huge smile and an attitude that exuded "I'm the man!" as he put the milk on his desk and got to work on his morning news. I'm thrilled that he independently decided what he wanted, navigated the building (and a social encounter) and completed the task -- woo hoo!
Later that day he took empty tape rolls to the office and asked "Can I have more tape please?" without anything written...they had orally practiced before he left the classroom :)
Small steps...long journey...priceless moments!
Small steps...long journey...priceless moments!
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