Tuesday, November 06, 2007 ▪ 11/06/2007 08:45:00 PM
Ch 99: Super Nanny
I am a trainee super nanny now!
Yes... I just started my 1-month training as a BT at AP on Monday. Besides the overwhelming supply of theories, we also have some hands on experience. I never realised that playing with kids can be that tiring! My little boy, L, aged 4 years old has little verbal skills (language) but really enjoying social interaction. This explains why I am dead tired after just 1 day of work. L is still a newbie in the big family. From his nanny, we understand that they are currently using food as reinforcers. We are trying to do reinforcement survey to enlarge the variety of reinforcers. Through the observations, we realised that he dont really enjoy toys. Being a very sociable kid, he loved being piggy back, spinning or carried around. All this are to the expense of our strength. All my muscles are aching right now. I must admit that I am old. Time to hit the gym? Hm... Anyway, it will be a real challenge for his future nanny. To be honest, it was a little hurtful to see L. As he tend to hit himself when he is frustrated or excited. I guess it is his form of self stimulating. I will try my best to earn his smile from now onwards. But his smile will be my future motivation. Although I really hope that all the kids will recover 1 day or lead a normal lifestyle, I understand that it is quite impossible.
Right now, I am trying hard to familiarise with nursery rhymes. Anyone have any nursery songs? I need them badly, man! It was so embarrassing that I forget the lyrics of row your boat! Alright, I need to finish up my reading. That's all for now, folks!
