Daily Stuffs – Page 19 – William Quý Bùi

Play Time at Children’s World Preschool

Posted on April 14, 2017June 9, 2017 by Moonie

It’s Friday; and no school at Mitchell so I took William to the day care. At this time of the day the children are asked to play outside. William likes the slide but he is afraid. Ms. Lila said most of the time he’d just climb up and then sit there; refuses to slide down. So I stood at the end of the slide to encourage him to slide down and finally he did; a bid smile on his face!

When I picked him up around 5:30 PM, he was holding a paper basket with some plastic eggs. It’s because this weekend is Easter so the all children bring home an egg basket.

Easter Holiday

Posted on April 13, 2017June 9, 2017 by Moonie

Thursday at noon, waiting to to pick William up at Mitchell school; he came out with Mrs. Hana looking so cute with the Bunny hat and a paper bucket in his hand. So I sat him down on the rock and snapped few pictures of him :).

Mrs. Hana holding William hand to lead him out to the door

William likes to touch the bus’s STOP sign every day after school

Wiiliam has half cup of milk every day before going to the day care.

Little Snack in between schools

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Moonie

I’m worried that William might not eat anything at Mitchell school so I always try to bring him something to eat besides a bottle of milk. Today I brought a slice of turkey ham roll around a piece of cheese. William seemed to like it.

As soon as he finished his snack, we headed to the daycare; that was about 1:30 PM.

First Time Eating a Candy!

Posted on April 12, 2017May 1, 2017 by Moonie

We’ve never let him try a hard candy before because we were afraid that he would choke. The day care sent him home with a candy in his backpack so I thought I should let him try. At first he didn’t know he was supposed to lick a candy this big so he put all into his mouth. I told him not to do so, then eventually he figured out how to eat this big candy: he bit it.

Nap Time!

Posted on April 11, 2017April 12, 2017 by Moonie

Took William to Children World’s Preschool after his class at Mitchell school; as usual he went straight to his classroom and lie down on his tiny bed. Either Ms. Mo, Leila or Cheryl would take off his shoes and pull up his blanket.

Back to School after Springbreak and Carrizo Plain Trip

Posted on April 10, 2017April 11, 2017 by Moonie

We got home from Carrizo Plain National Monument around 9:30 PM last night. William woke up once around 2:30 AM, coughed a bit so we used the nebulizer to help him breath then he went back to sleep.

When I took him to Mrs. Hana’s classroom; he started to cry when I about to leave.

Mrs. Hana told me this morning the he didn’t cry long, only for about 5 minutes after I left but he was not happy at all during the Speech therapy session.

William makes new Friend

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Moonie

William and a friend at Children World's Preschool — William and a friend at Children World’s Preschool

It’s spring break time at the Mitchell Child Development Center so we send William to Children World’s Preschool full day for the whole week. This morning I dropped him off around 8:30 AM; he was greeted by Ms. Mo and a cute little girl. She held him up high and and then put him down to hold his hand while I was there. Mr. Gary said she would come to comfort William when he’s upset and give him juice to calm him down. Next time I’ll ask for her name.

Calling HealthNet Insurance

Posted on April 4, 2017January 7, 2022 by Moonie

Today at lunch time I tried to call HealthNet Insurance to find out if our policy has ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) benefits. Spent total of 40 minutes, talked to 3 different representatives and finally I got my answer: our policy covers ABA services fully, we don’t have to pay for co-pay either. Jennifer, the Case Manager, who was the last person I spoke with, sent to my email an Assessment Form, asking me to fill it out and to send the form back along with the report that I got from Regional Center of Orange Country. Once they receive the form and report, someone from the Autism Center will contact us and will work out the the next steps.

Meeting with Service Coordinator from RCOC

Posted on April 3, 2017January 7, 2022 by Moonie

Monday 4/3/2017 9:00 AM. Had an appointment with Kim Than, our new service coordinator from Regional Center of OC; Thuy-Nhi Vo, Early Start Service Coordinator was our service coordinator but she only takes care of cases for children that age from 3 years old or less. That’s why our case is transferred to Kim Than. She came to our home as agreed; a very nice & young lady. She asked us a few questions about William (when he throws tantrum, what he does when he’s mad, how’s his health, his eating. etc). Then she went over the services that RCOC can offer: ABA services, Respite and Daycare.

ABA: RCOC only covers the ABA service expenses if our health insurance does not cover; they can also help to cover the copay. We need to pay an annual fee depends on the family income, max amount is $200.00.

Respite: RCOC will help to pay the expenses for someone to babysit William; but we have to share the cost depending on the family income.

Daycare: same as Respite, RCOC will help to pay the tuition fee; but we have to share the cost depending on the family income. RCOC will pay only $8.75/hour, we have to pay the difference plus the shared cost.

The meeting lasted for about 40 minutes.

So what we need to do:

Call the Insurance company to find out if our policy covers the ABA services for William
Send the pay stubs to RCOC so that they can determine the share of cost that we’re responsible for.
Also send RCOC a letter from my employment stating that I’m working there currently.

Open Streets in Garden Grove

Posted on April 1, 2017April 4, 2017 by Moonie

Came late around 6:15 pm, people were taking down their booths so there was nothing left for William to play. William found a balloon stand; he liked it so much that he kept touching it. Then a man came with a truck to take the balloons away; I asked for 1 but he said he was asked to take all so he would not give any balloon to William. I pulled William away from it so that the man could do his job; William kicked his legs, cried and would not leave the spot. So we took him to the pond in Garden Grove library and eventually he stopped crying. We had a fun time sitting on the rocks watching the little waterfalls , the little birds and enjoying the nice fresh air breeze.