Thursday Evening. William has ABA session with ABEST’s Behavorial Technician Selestie at 5:30 PM as usual.
He gave me his bottle of juice and said “Open”. But the bottle’s cover is already open; I’m a little surprised because I know he knows that it’s open and ready to drink. So I just closed the cover and then opened it and then handed it back to him. He said Open again and showed signs of frustration and about to throw tantrums. I took a closer look at the bottle and found out that the straw came off the top lid. So what he really wanted me to do is to open the whole lid to fix the straw! I felt bad that I did not understand him at first and caused him some frustration. As a Mom I should know him better. So I took off the lid, fixed the straw and gave the bottle back to him. He took it and drank the juice because he understood that he could drink now with the straw is attached.
William is a smart boy, it’s just that communication is a big problem to him. If he can talk or at least can convey what he wants then I’m sure he’ll show less signs of frustrations. Most of the time he throws tantrums is because others don’t understand what he wants/says.