TEAMworks China - Wednesday, June 10

This morning felt like true TEAMWorks style, a complete whirlwind. Once again, Kati and Katie were busy in one room while Amy separated and saw kids in another room during the morning.

Kati got to start her morning with the sweet 2 month old baby she assessed yesterday and was able to do a full treatment session today. Since it was her second session with this baby, she got to go into more detail with education and treatment ideas.  Kati also got to sit down with the therapist providing OT and PT and go through videos she brought of facilitating development. She also discussed how to adapt activities to meet the needs of the child.

Katie got to work with a little boy with Autism that loved lots of movement. She spent a lot of time providing vestibular input in very creative ways and he began to imitate her words and initiated requesting for more.  This was exciting because mom had expressed concerns with his ability to spontaneously request an activity.  Katie continues to demonstrate the importance of fulfilling sensory needs so children can adapt best to their environment.

Amy had a busy morning, and was so excited about a successful session based on Floortime techniques with a little boy who had a very difficult morning with OT. Kati came and filled Amy in on his likes and dislikes and their session was located in the waiting room because that was the place he was the happiest and not screaming. We think maybe his screaming was heard all the way in Arkansas.  After some time of allowing him to choose activities and decreasing to no demands, he began to demonstrate consistent eye contact and eventually after developing a fun play routine, when Amy would back away, he would come and find her and take her by the hand back to play with him. By the end of the session, he was pulling his mom and Amy by the hand to play with him. It was Amy's favorite moment of the week, so far.

The afternoon continued to be busy with the group working together to best facilitate sensory regulation and communication.

Dr. Lin continues to amaze us with his energy and vision for providing care to children here in China. He has been busy seeing patients, translating, and being very kind about traveling and taking care of 3 southern girls in China.  We are thankful for his leadership and taking care of all the details on this trip.

"In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'" - Acts 20:35

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