Rafael's schedule is as follows:
Monday: Adam takes him for cardio exercise and recreation. They also visit his old friends and aquaintaces from McMath Secondary Highschool. Adam has a small chihuahua named Tika who Raf plays with.
In the evening, Raf goes for basketball practice at the West Richmond Community Centre with the DCYBA Raptors team. His coaches are Ron Putz1, who organized this team, and who works with HSBC and Andrea, who is a UBC Thunderbirds basketball player
Tuesday: Mik takes Raf to do volunteer work at St. Joseph the Worker Church. The jobs vary from day to day. They include labelling books, shredding, yardwork, cleaning, carwash, snow shovelling etc. Mik also tutors Raf in printing, reading and math. In the afternoon Raf joins the Let's Play Open Gym at Steveston Community Centre. He plays basketball and indoor hockey.
Wednesday: Sam takes Raf to Dueck on Marine Drive to wash cars. At Dueck he also visits Paolo, who used to be his support staff. Sam and Raf work on printing, reading, math and using his voiceoutput device.
Thursday: Ricky (KK) takes Raf out for bowling, then they visit Grandpa, Auntie Girl and Uncle Achie and have lunch with them..
In the evening Regi tutors Raf in reading, printing,math and practicing his use of the Dynamyte.
Friday is Transitions Day, a Day Program where Raf hangs out with his buddies Rhianna, Kailash, Mark, Kevin and the staff; (Joe, Ray, Tef, Tammy etc.)
Saturday: Mariel and Sam alternate on Saturdays. Raf goes to the Zone Bowling Lanes for Special Olympics Bowling. Then Sam or Mariel take him for lifeskills, recreation and social skills.
In the evening Raf plays the conga along with the choir at St. Joseph the Worker where his family goes to mass,
Sunday: Family Day
Note: Raf is due for an intake interview with the Handicrew, based in Richmond.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
January 27 2009
Today Raffi and Mik shoveled snow at St. Joes, did some math, reading and writing, and Raffi went to Let's Play.
Some notes on today:
Writing:
- If I write the letters further away from each other, raffi can recognize the words more and miss out on less letters
-Words the still need improvement one: labels (lables), Brunswick (Brunswck), Richmond (Ricmond), Francisco (Franisco) and lazy
-Letters and numbers to work on: 5 and 6, b and d, u and a, 2 and z
- Raffi also still finds it dificult to write his address and still goes over the water, although less frequently now
Reading and Comprehension:
- Identification of drawings is excellent (ex. having a drawing of a cat and and a dog and him trying to read what he should look for and idnetify it)
Math:
- When asked to fill the blanks on the numberical sequence of 1-10 he finds not too much difficulty in doing it, AS LONG AS HE IS FOCUSED
- In the end, if Raffi focuses he knows his stuff. So right now I'm just trying to figure out what he doesn't know or what he doesn't try hard enough to remember.
Some notes on today:
Writing:
- If I write the letters further away from each other, raffi can recognize the words more and miss out on less letters
-Words the still need improvement one: labels (lables), Brunswick (Brunswck), Richmond (Ricmond), Francisco (Franisco) and lazy
-Letters and numbers to work on: 5 and 6, b and d, u and a, 2 and z
- Raffi also still finds it dificult to write his address and still goes over the water, although less frequently now
Reading and Comprehension:
- Identification of drawings is excellent (ex. having a drawing of a cat and and a dog and him trying to read what he should look for and idnetify it)
Math:
- When asked to fill the blanks on the numberical sequence of 1-10 he finds not too much difficulty in doing it, AS LONG AS HE IS FOCUSED
- In the end, if Raffi focuses he knows his stuff. So right now I'm just trying to figure out what he doesn't know or what he doesn't try hard enough to remember.
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