First session

2 weeks of waiting nearly killed me but the day for Benjamin's first real Brainlinking appointment did finally arrive.
I don't have a whole lot to say about the appointment itself this time. It was fun and very interesting to watch. I love that I get to see a side of Benjamin, that just doesn't come out very often, when he's working with Miss Pat. I'm still impressed by her manner with him, most notably her patience.

What I really want to be writing about, or screaming from the rooftops, is what's happened since that appointment. We saw Miss Pat in the morning and Benjamin goes to Kindergarten in the afternoon. That day (yesterday) when I picked him up from school his teacher had a big smile on her face and was happy to report to me that he had had a great day. At school they use a reward system with him of smiley faces. At the start of each day they put a clean little piece of paper with 6 squares on his desk and throughout the day as he completes assignments, or stays put for carpet time, or just does other tasks that he's asked to complete he gets a smiley drawn on his paper. Since they started that system he typically has earned 3 or 4 of the 6 possible smileys everyday. Some days, if it's been really rough, they just don't even send the paper home.

2 days in a row now, yesterday and today, he's come home with all 6 smileys on his paper! Today he was so happy about it that he wouldn't put the paper down for hours after I picked him up.

I should mention that part of the Brainlinking program is to do exercises at home at least 3 times per week. I did those exercises with him this morning before sending him off to school. I don't know how he would do if I didn't do that. There's a small part of me that wants to test it and see what happens but, seeing my little guy so proud of his accomplishments the past 2 days has made me shed tears of joy that I'm not willing to give up. I just want him to continue to feel this good about himself. So, it's just not worth the risk. I plan to do the exercises everyday. I want him to not only improve his focus and concentration at school but also, and even more importantly, I want him to build confidence in himself. These past 2 days he's known he's been doing well and he is so proud of what he's accomplishing.
That's my Benjamin. He is a sweet and wonderful little boy in every way. He just needs a little help controlling and channeling his energy and his focus.

I can't wait to see what we get to do next week!