25-3-2010

Jhonatan in therapy.

Lemar´t in therapy.

Marcos and Alonso getting off the bus from school.


Jhonatan carrying his backpack and snack bag!

Jose Luis in the car after school.

After the kids arriving home from school, I went to pick them up and greet them. They all were excited to see us picking them up, just like families do. And they are so cute carrying their backpack and mid-morning snack packs!

As usual, I had therapy sessions with some kids since we officially started last week. In general, they are behaving so much better and have improved a lot! Of course, it took some crying and taking consequences before they learn to behave well. For instance, little Jhonatan is so compliant and attentive now that it's a joy working with him. In fact, lately he's been doing this "ven, ven ryryryanan" thing (it means "come, tio Ryan") while he waves his hand and nods his head when he says it. It's super cute and funny! Next time I must capture that in video!

After therapy time, I also helped with the other kids' homework. They struggled a bit, but it just takes some patience and encouragement to help them improve. They are actually really great to work with, because unlike a lot of kids in urban cities who struggle with compliance and concentration issues, they behave perfectly fine and we just have to guide them think more multilaterally.