The traitor! This morning I was drying her after her shower and she says "...thankyou Zoe!"
Seriously though .... this 'thankyou' was unprompted .... so it means that she recognized that the response was needed in the situation ... and she almost used an appropriate response. This is real progress! I feel that the rate of progress (in her acquisition of social responses) has accelerated over the past months. This could be due to several factors ....
- the excellent job being done by AJ and Zoe in 'keeping on her case' .... consistent reinforcement
- the 'mental relaxation' Kaylia must be experiencing due to the consistently lower anxiety levels because of the improved use of Lovan.
- the general developmental progress
Any way ... what ever the causes, the results are excellent.
After breakfast, AJ was quizzing Kaylia about what she needed to do to get ready for her morning trip to the beach ..... AJ had no problems gaining and keeping Kaylia's attention. Kaylia had no problem comprehending the questions and then working out the correct response ... then actioning them! What a far cry from twelve months ago!
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