Comments on: Slow and Steady: The Treatment Question http://www.blisstree.com/articles/slow-and-steady-the-treatment-question/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:48:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joanna http://www.blisstree.com/articles/slow-and-steady-the-treatment-question/comment-page-1/#comment-551544 Joanna Thu, 27 Mar 2008 19:30:31 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/slow-and-steady-the-treatment-question/#comment-551544 The program we have been doing with our son has a kind of overarching statement: "remediation is a marathon not a sprint." I have found this to be absolutely true in autism--but quite frankly it is also true in life. Most things worth anything are long-term things that require hard work and perseverance. Farther down the road, you look back and can't believe how far you've come. We do regular videotaping of us and our son for this program and I happened to rewind too far and watch some of the beginning videos recently. WOW! How far he has come and how much I now take for granted! Perseverance and hard work do pay off. The program we have been doing with our son has a kind of overarching statement: “remediation is a marathon not a sprint.” I have found this to be absolutely true in autism–but quite frankly it is also true in life. Most things worth anything are long-term things that require hard work and perseverance. Farther down the road, you look back and can’t believe how far you’ve come. We do regular videotaping of us and our son for this program and I happened to rewind too far and watch some of the beginning videos recently. WOW! How far he has come and how much I now take for granted! Perseverance and hard work do pay off.

]]> By: Autismville http://www.blisstree.com/articles/slow-and-steady-the-treatment-question/comment-page-1/#comment-545654 Autismville Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:28:33 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/slow-and-steady-the-treatment-question/#comment-545654 There's no such thing as a shortcut to any place worth going ... or that's what I continually tell myself when it comes to Jack's progress. The fantastic news is that in the last 6 months he has started EATING! Peanut butter sandwiches, turkey, blueberries, rasberries .. all sorts of things. This was accomplished through some very intensive 1:1 ... Again, no shortcuts here. There’s no such thing as a shortcut to any place worth going … or that’s what I continually tell myself when it comes to Jack’s progress.

The fantastic news is that in the last 6 months he has started EATING! Peanut butter sandwiches, turkey, blueberries, rasberries .. all sorts of things. This was accomplished through some very intensive 1:1 … Again, no shortcuts here.

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