Reaching your goals with Masgutova!

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Yesterday my daughter went again to the coop. This time she was first to give a presentation. She saw her name on the board. She went right up and said "My name is Kayla" and proceeded to give a presentation on her new barbie! The tutor was amazed and asking questions about MNRI :)So with the success of last week, I thought I'd try combining goals with MNRI for my son. He is 11 yrs old and the reason I started the MNRI journey. He has always gotten frustrated. Even as a child just able to walk...transitions sent him into crying and flailing about.

I quit going to play groups a long time ago because once I had his sister when he was 2 1/2 I couldn't get him to leave and keep everyone safe. Thanks to MNRI he has progressed to just crying and jumping around a bit but not actually falling on the floor any more. Good but still embarrassing at times We did the Right/Left motor control balance in the P & D book on Saturday.

Our goal was for him to handle frustration about changes and things not working out as he planned in a more mature way. Being able to say it's ok...MOnday we went to the coop. There he does 30 minutes of math games. Which at least half the time reduces him to tears and frustration because he needs to be the best. This time we played a game where you try to get as close to a number as possible with the 5 cards you are dealt. So getting right on the number is not a sure thing. He tried and tried but wasn't able to get right on like another child. But when it came time to stop...he took a deep breath and let me have the board and marker.

He transitioned into the next phase of the class with no problems.He said it just came natural....that's the way it should be!

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Hi ,Congratulations again to you both.  You are an inspiration to the rest of us in jumping in with both feet and not being afraid to try new things.  You have great intuition and parents shouldn't be afraid to rely on the intuition they have to help their children with this work.  You are your child's best advocate and therapist first and foremost.  Thanks for sharing.

Val