My new trainee...

He was onced considered difficult to handle (especially after what we witnessed during his time with EP) and there was extensive discussion, debate & assessment to decide whether to let him join us. Well that's history already...

During the camp, it was the first time I took him. He started making sound, jumping, rubbing his ears to create sensation, scratching his wound until it bleed, traits of a ASD person. But well, he understood ground rules once they were set!

No jumping indoor, he knew it although sometimes he would need reminder but who don't need reminder :) We could see him enjoying the jump... leaping so high reaching the sky! It is exhaustive jumping this way & by evening he was totally exhausted if not for some chocolate, he would have fallen flat. On ground rules, he was told him I would slap his hands when he was caught scratching. At the end of the camp, the frequency of him scratching reduced but when he did it, he would just put out his hands to be slapped :p That's what we call negative reinforcement.

We found that he like arcade very much. Twice, he sneaked into the arcade sitting in the Daytona machine. Maybe next time, we could have a competition.

Afterall, he is not that bad & I dare say he is improving. That's the challenge for me in the coming year! So what's yours?

-choon seng

PS: Fyi, throughout the camp, we are correcting his behavior of scratching his wound till it bleed. Also, do you know, he slept next to Phang Wei. Before he fell asleep, he was creating alot of noise & yet Phang Wei didn't react. Instead Phang Wei was laughing away... that's amazing.