These days am reading about the importance of Dynamic Intelligence in our day-to-day life. Obviously the reason for expanding my understanding of DI is that it is found to be absent in kids with autism. Life changes every second, the plans we make now, may not be relevant the very next moment. How to make sure that our kid's rigid thinking (a strong trait in ASD) will not hamper her decision making in future? How to make flexible thinking possible for her? How to prepare her for life's uncertainties? Am reading about it and will shortly follow a protocol that will empower me as a parent to instill such thinking in that little brain.
As adults we may be good at dynamic thinking but is it any easy for us to 'digest' an unfavorable change in situation? Certainly not. My plan was to take ten days off at the beginning in July and adjust Avani to school. She will happily take to school life and we can look forward to making some gains in her social development.
So on day 1 itself, the plan falls flat! Avani wakes up with viral. Cold, cough, fever, diarrhea...all stand in our way of a happy plan. Priority shifts from school to health. It goes on for another 20 days with just a little exposure to school. Obviously, this was not going to be enough.
The school is taking Avani's class for a trip to the zoo. But the teacher is apprehensive of taking her. Heartbreak on one side, practicality on the other. The class teacher is right when she says that she has not had enough opportunities to develop a rapport with Avani. I am right to feel sidelined too. When all her classmates would be enjoying the outing in Zoo, my girl would be wasting her time at home. Dynamism of my brain, its flexibility and its ability to register all impacts of a decision being put to test once again.
Will my child be able to cope with such challenges in future? Is it even possible for someone on spectrum to accommodate so many unexpected developments? A therapy protocol called RDI (Relationship Development Intervention) says it is!
We have enrolled on the program and my efforts are now gonna be directed towards that goal.
No zoo this time around baby, but mumma will make up for the loss soon.
As adults we may be good at dynamic thinking but is it any easy for us to 'digest' an unfavorable change in situation? Certainly not. My plan was to take ten days off at the beginning in July and adjust Avani to school. She will happily take to school life and we can look forward to making some gains in her social development.
So on day 1 itself, the plan falls flat! Avani wakes up with viral. Cold, cough, fever, diarrhea...all stand in our way of a happy plan. Priority shifts from school to health. It goes on for another 20 days with just a little exposure to school. Obviously, this was not going to be enough.
The school is taking Avani's class for a trip to the zoo. But the teacher is apprehensive of taking her. Heartbreak on one side, practicality on the other. The class teacher is right when she says that she has not had enough opportunities to develop a rapport with Avani. I am right to feel sidelined too. When all her classmates would be enjoying the outing in Zoo, my girl would be wasting her time at home. Dynamism of my brain, its flexibility and its ability to register all impacts of a decision being put to test once again.
Will my child be able to cope with such challenges in future? Is it even possible for someone on spectrum to accommodate so many unexpected developments? A therapy protocol called RDI (Relationship Development Intervention) says it is!
We have enrolled on the program and my efforts are now gonna be directed towards that goal.
No zoo this time around baby, but mumma will make up for the loss soon.
