I just read over my last post and realized that I misspelled Relief and Relieve!! My apologies to all my literate friends out there who actually know how to spell better than I do!
Last week on Thursday, we actually got Lanie into a group counseling session and she will be in the same session Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays for 3 hours each and then on Tuesdays she has her normal counseling session with Dana. Tonight she will actually get to meet with the Doctor who will, over the next 2-4 weeks, assess her and give us a diagnosis. After we get the diagnosis, we will know where to go from there. I cannot beleive this is happening so fast!
Last week in the assessment the intake person gave us some Mandala's - I did not even know what they were. Nonnie and I spent the entire 3 hour session that we waited in the lobby, doing Mandala's. If you do not know what they are, they are designs to color. It is a geometric figure representing the universe in Hindu and Buddhist symbolism and it is suppose to relieve stress-I think-by giving a person something to focus on other than what is causing them stress. It works! I have now printed out about 2 dozen of them.
This weekend was a good weekend for Lanie. She was relatively calm and mostly listened to what she was told. We are using the 1,2,3 magic method and we were able to get some good practice in this weekend but Lanie only had to go to her room 3 times. That is a record! Today she is still in school and it is 2:03 p.m. I have talked to the counselor and her teacher today and they both say she is doing very well today. Her teacher, Ms. Dierker, said she came in very happy today and has remained so. I am so glad!
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