A sterling report

Cant believe how quickly these school holidays have gone and that Deqlan and Logan both go back to school tomorow for term 2!!!! Tommorow is another big day for Deqlan cause it will be the first full day that Deqlan will spend at Little Leaps! Every Monday, Deqlan will be full day so that he can spend the entire afternoon playing and socialising and learning from the kids at Little Christian Village, the neuro typical nursery school next door ! He will also get to have an entire lesson on Thursdays with a neuro typical class - Music! With no Ayline or Florie - they will drop him for the lesson and fetch him afterwards! Its a HUGE step to trying to "main stream" Deqlan, but we need to get him around neuro typical kids so he can learn with them and learn how to cope in the situations that arise!! If it doesnt work we will definitely not push or force the issue, and maybe try again next term, but like everything, we got to start somewhere! Please pray with us that Deqlan will be very happy and learn lots and be happy , most important of all! Will keep you posted Deqlan got a beautiful report for term 1, we were delighted with this progress ! Some lovely remarks wanted to share with you GROSS MOTOR DEVELOPMENT * great improvement in hopping/ hopscotch/ running/ jumping * can balance on beams and chairs very well and very fast * scared to do firemans pole on his own BODY AWARENESS * can point and identify all parts of the body FINE MOTOR DEVELOPMENT * he can now manipulate a pencil/crayon appropriately * still punch grips brush * doesnt enjoy scissor skills * good improvement in colouring in and free drawing , he doesnt enjoy this activity but will colour the whole page and draw within the lines * deqlan enjoys art/messy activities provided that he doesn not have to touch wet and unknown textures VISUAL PERCEPTION *knows all colours and shapes and can verbalise them * can do 48 piece puzzles * memory game - amazing! Deqlan has an extraordinary long and short memory capacity . It is far above the average * understands spactial orientation when used repeatedly and in context * Deqlan recently started drawing the "headfoot man" AUDITORY PERCEPTION * Deqlan struggles to sing simultaneously with other people, however he knows all the songs and will happily sing them on his own. He doesnt like to do the actions but will dot so if prompted COMPUTERS * Deqlan is now a compuater whiz kid! We are using his "gift" with computers as a constructive and educational tool. * can type name and any known word! COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT * Counts to 20 at school but can count to 100 at home SHAPES & COLOURS * matching/sorting and patterns = very good LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION * great! Deqlan is now forming full sentences! he is also speaking more appropriately and has a greater understanding of what is being said to hinm CONCENTRATION AND ATTENTION SPAN * Good concentration during class time and good ability to listen effectively EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT * great improvement , Deqlan has become and independant litle boy! BEHAVIOUR * Deqlan is not socially integrated therefore we will be concentrating on socializing him the rest of this year SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT * very comfortable with adults, enjoys jokes , tickles and reading stories * he is much more aware of his peers and is no longer bothered by them. He has gone towards children on is own on a few occasions. we will concentrate on socializing Deqlan with mainstream children in the second term. * he isnt bothered whether he is first or last. he will now come towards me if another child takes his toys and less often cries in such a situation LIFE SKILLS * great improvement in toilet training. Deqlan is now able to go to the toilet and ask for it. He no longer has accidents at school unless he is having candida issues * skills such us dressing and taking off clothing, buttons , zips and laces are done hand-guided-and . He needs daily practise * saying please, thank you , hello, good bye = very good GENERAL COMMENTS Deqlan has done so well this term! He thoroughly enjoys his school day and always tries his best during class activities. His vocab has grown in leaps and bounds and he forms sentences appropriately. He also executes instructions very well. He is less prone to excessive crying ( except when dealing with candida) when he does not get what he wants and will now communicate with the adults when he is upset. The main concern at the moment remains the fact that he is not socially on par with his neurotypical counterpart ( which is not expected). We will be cocentrating on socializing him with mainstream children. So far he is responding well to it Deqlan is an adorable little boy who has come a long way. He is " one of a kind" and sure entertains the staff at Little Leaps! Well done Deqlan, I am so proud of you! So as you can imagine, we are absolutely thrilled with Deqlans continued progress. We are delighted that he continues to be so happy at school and very blessed that God has blessed Deqlan with the most amazing, caring, kind, loving, patient, nuturing teacher in Ayline! She to is one of a kind, and we are so grateful to have her guiding and teaching our precious Deqlan, thank you Ayline, we are so very blessed for all you do for Deqlan and for us, thank you! Here's to another wonderful, memorable , enjoyable term 2 ! We so proud of you Deqlan, we love you to infinity and beyond and back again, thank You Lord for answering our prayers , for looking after our precious Deqlan.