#505 Friday 3 February

Life can be interesting at times! I had a good talk with Zoe this afternoon ... She's still working toward being able to come back to Darlington in the latter half of this year ... so she can find a local teaching position for 2013. This would be a great arrangement for all concerned.

I had a good talk with Kaylia's psychologist Darin ... who plans her therapy program. When we started the current plan, my understanding was that the autism had prevented Kaylia being aware of other people and hence not having the observation skills required to learn how to think and reason. The therapy program was aimed at teaching her how to think. At the start, Darin told us that at some point, her ability to think would grow to a point where she would begin to 'self accumulate' knowledge .... the therapy would have kick started the learning process and she would be able to use her thinking skills to learn .... without having to be specifically taught. This is the way a child usually learns.

I think that after two and a half years of therapy she has reached that point! If I'm right this is cause for real celebration. Watch this space! We will be closely monitoring progress to see if I'm right.