[blindkid] Cane Travel for 4 year Old
Susan Harper
sueharper at firstchurchgriswold.org
Thu Dec 17 22:59:46 UTC 2009
I am gonna take a guess that he is trying to use his cane to get vibration
feed back. The mushroom tip doesn't do that as well as a regular tip. With
our son I did hand over hand (boy my back hurt for a while) and I made up a
song singing tap, tap, in time to a stupid melody. But the melody was
rhythmic and went along with our walking pace. When he forgets, I just
start the tap, tap, song. I do have to occasionally remind him to put the
cane on the ground or I tell him to use your cane. I do not always hold his
hand. I talk to him and have him follow my voice and I give directional
word cues. I still have to cue him to use his cane for steps to check dept,
going up and down, as well as curb. When we are doing this, I do not hold
his hand. He has to do it by himself, but I am there to catch him if he
stumbles, for safety. He is 3 1/2 half. If he raises the cane in anger, I
immediately take the cane until he is calmed down. After all they are still
toddlers. I hope this helps.
Lastly, I have the book, "Independent Movement and Travel in Blind
Children", by Joseph Cutter. Excellent book with a lot of common sense tips
and easy to follow techniques.
Merry Christmas and Blessings,
Sue H.
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:58 PM, Meng, Debi <Meng at sccompanies.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all, I am frequent follower of the list. I need advice.
>
> We are having a difficult time getting Jonathan to keep his cane on the
> ground. He constantly wants to pound it like a sledgehammer. He
> currently has a ball tip to encourage rolling the cane and that worked
> for a while, but now we are back to pounding it again. We have tried
> praise, time outs, etc, all the normal consequences. Nothing works.
>
> Has anyone had a similar issue and how did you resolve it?
>
> Debi, Grandmother of Jonathan, Age 4, ROP
>
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