Whew its over! The four oldest boys all participated in the Woodmen Valley basketball camp last week and for the first time in recent history there were no 'talks' with mom by coaches afterward or 'incidents' where I needed to repair relationships due to unusual social behaviors. What a relief .
I think it helped that there was an older child with more severe autism who was also participating and his needs and actions sort of broke the ice for my own kids unusual behaviors. And my kids loved the fact that this young man was part of their camp, helping him retrieve balls, interacting with him and generally accepting him exactly where he was at.
One of my favorite moments occurred just after I took this photo. Jesse jumped for the ball, got it as well as several bumps, hits and everything else that happens in the general boy scramble for a ball and then turned and shot an excellent basket. For him it was huge. Not only was he able to overlook the physical stuff, but he got the ball through the hoop in the middle of the game. For a kid with serious coordination/body awareness issues this was amazing and a good reason to cheer and thank God for visible progress.
1 comments:
Hip hip hooray! That's wonderful!
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