this morning has been a non stop demanding of soda, he has not deviated from asking for soda, well, he did, to ask to go to the bathroom (we figured this is a request for school, after repeatedly telling Korey to just go to the bathroom!!) so we practiced again, raise your hand and say “may I go to the bathroom please?”  and without skipping a beat or stopping to catch his breathe, he was back to asking for soda! the time between each demand did get longer  as long as he heard the key words “soda, buy, store, drink, after school”.

and that is key with Korey and other kids like him who are right sided brain users. he responds best to the “FIRST, _______, THEN ________.  And gradually the obsessiveness lessens but does not completely disappear! I don’t think he enjoys the constant need to repeatedly ask the same thing over and over. his limited use of words or ability to pronounce them correctly, frustrates him greatly. but that will be for another time…

the bus just left, i am heading for a nap!!