by Tara McClintick | Apr 1, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:9 Jake and I pondered Proverbs 31:9 and the following was his conclusion of that lesson: Jake Pleads the Cause for His Autism Friends Helpers that have an understanding heart....
by Tara McClintick | Apr 1, 2021 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Jake had to choose between math, writing a letter to someone, writing a story entry or having a casual conversation, or a Psalm and Proverbs lesson from the book by Lenae Crandall He chose the Psalms and Proverbs lesson so we started lesson #2 which was on Proverbs...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 24, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and yellow is the 3rd color. (Click on links...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 11, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and is green 2nd color we decided upon due to it...
by Jake McClintick | Mar 5, 2021 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
To end our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. Just for fun, we are exploring the colors in this format, and red is the 1st color we tried. (Click on...
by Jake McClintick | Nov 20, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
I asked Jake if he wanted mom to give choices (m) or if he had an idea of what we could work on today (J). He touched the J. Here’s what followed: Mom(Tara/Me): OK, great, what’s your idea? Jake: Only most might get interested in favorite characters...
by Tara McClintick | Nov 19, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
Today Jake refused to put his pants on. I wasn’t sure why, but know sometimes he needs a little extra time before he’s ready to get dressed I didn’t push it. When his dad asked him again to put on the sweatpants I had brought downstairs for him, he...
by Jake McClintick | Nov 16, 2020 | Autism, Spiritual, Story of My Life by Jake
Only Have Hope New, Most Exciting Heart My Soul “Story of My Life” Year 3 Not so hard lately, more hope than ever before! Still eager to not hear hateful things in my mind. God is giving me awareness that not need to interest my soul (with) most...
by Tara McClintick | Oct 26, 2020 | Autism, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Spiritual
To start our sessions now I usually give Jake the option of choosing what we will do (i.e.”do you have an idea for today?”) or if he wants me to give him choices. Today he pointed to the “J” on the letter board indicating had an idea, so I...
by Jake McClintick | Oct 15, 2020 | Autism, Books and Poetry, Conversations with Jake, Conversations with Mom, Poems by Jake, Poetry Powers, Spiritual
For our RPM session today Jake chose to do an imagery writing exercise (as taught to us by Katie Masotti) where Jake describes something with his five senses. I also added an end sentence of his final thought, just out of my own curiosity. Since we’re in the...
