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Let Me Introduce Myself, I'm Stas and I'm 3 Years Old...
Stas, age three year
Adain lo integrated classroom
Stas is a small dark haired boy whose mother has taught him through play with her to enjoy math skills and to concentrate his learning verbal and math skills. He has autistic like behaviors at his time which make Stas appear to ignore others, and avoid personal relationships with other children and adults in the classroom. The observer notes his language and construction and perceptual skills are largely self stimulated and mimicry. He repeats utterances, repeats sounds and words, initiates actions and ignores the majority of attempts to engage him in group play.
At school, Stas will, after coaxing, come to a circle, but he seems unattached and far away; he waits for adults to literally make movements for him in a vicarious way. He appears to be unable to show others what he knows; his pervasive developmental behavior is making his intellectual capacity hard to determine. Does he recognize other children? The observer feels he may, but does not know how to show this understanding.
Stas needs a Close Loop Program of”Floor Play.” This series of activities integrates sensory activities that enhance motor and intellectual achievement. His mother holds him on her lap but does not engage in conversation with either Stas or the other children or other adults. Even if he doesn’t participate, he needs the direct experience of learning by playing. He does not handle toys or seem aware of group activities. It is difficult to tell the degree to which Stas is attached to his mother.
At school, Stas needs to be confronted with an array of toys from which he can pick by reaching and grasping. His fine motor skills are weak and not definite. These fine motor skills are at a 14-16 month-old level. His mother carries him constantly and when she sets him down he stays in place. He should not be picked up, but instead guided and encouraged to become independent player. This will give him confidence and self esteem. Stas appears static and statue-like. His heavy clothing seems to hold him rigid.
When toys are put in his line of sight, his hands drop to his sides and he acts far more helpless than the observer guesses he is. He does not move a toy out of his way or remove obstacles set in his path. His demeanor shows no engagement or intentionality.
Stas’s personality will begin come out quickly once he function in a wider more extended setting that offers him more play options and social experiences.
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