by Jake McClintick | Feb 13, 2020 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today we did an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes an item with his five senses. I also added an end sentence of his final thought, just out of my own curiosity. For Valentines Day, he described his...
by Tara McClintick | Jan 23, 2020 | Autism, Communication and Education, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Interactive Adaptable Games, Supporting Child Development
Jake as Mr.SharkDuring Jake’s session with Katie they discussed the various ways animals communicate. Afterwards she asked him which animal would he be most interested in interviewing if animals could communicate like humans do. Jake answered “not...
by Jake McClintick | Sep 26, 2019 | Autism, Challenging Behaviors, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Jake struggles off and on with what he continually refers to as “lies,” “bad thoughts,” or “evil thoughts.” These can be quite persistent in taking over his mind, and I can usually tell when he is struggling because he will start...
by Tara McClintick | Mar 21, 2019 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom
Jake and I have been practicing having casual conversations via the letter board. Since he was not able to converse for the first two decades of his life, I figured practicing would be a good idea. Here I numbered a list of 24 common casual conversation topics. I had...
by Tara McClintick | Feb 14, 2019 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today I had made a list of 20 Valentine’s day words: Valentine’s Day Love February Care Hug Adore Affection Kiss Warm Heart Pink Red Snuggle Cozy Like Cookies Sweet Dear Honey Cherish Jake’s Sentences via letter board (words from...
by Tara McClintick | Feb 4, 2019 | Autism, Communication and Education, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Planning for Success, Supporting Child Development
After our RPM sessions one practice exercise we sometimes end with is for Jake to complete sentences. For these sentences all began with the word “sometimes” (given starting phrase in bold print, Jake’s words follow): SOMETIMES 1. Sometimes when I...
