Gia - sessions 1177-1179 - more practice with the carrot ball!
Monday 11/24-Wednesday 11/26 From Danielle: Gia Blog-Short and Sweet (the week!) I worked with Gia again this past week on her grooming. With Thanksgiving on Thursday, Heather and I only worked horses Mon-Wed this week. This week’s mission was to find a way to keep Gia occupied a bit longer. Seeing as I have had consistent success with the carrot ball, I wanted to continue that, but I needed to figure out a way to keep Gia occupied and still. After reading one of the comments on last week’s blog from one of my students that Gia reminded her of a special ed student, I had an idea. With the same student, earlier in the week, we had been discussing self calming techniques. Her classroom came into the discussion, and we talked about how she has accepted that if a student is in their area, they can make a mess or do whatever they need to do to calm themselves. As parents, many of us have sent our kids to their room when we need them to reset or give us a chance to reset. This gave me a...