Domino Project Preschool

The slide show above is from a field trip we took with Trey's school earlier this summer. For those of you who don't know, Trey goes to Domino Project Preschool at EWU. It's a program in which they combine typically developing kids like Trey with children affected by Autism. It's becoming a more and more common way of trying to mainstream Autistic children into public schools. I am very grateful for the opportunity it has given Trey to develop relationships with children who have different strengths and weaknesses than he has. I really am hoping that it is teaching him to be more accepting of the people around him. I know it's hard for boys to not be competitive about everything. A few months ago, they were playing Red Light Green Light in PE. His teacher told me later that Trey was watching his typical peers very closely to see if they were moving in an attempt to allow his autistic peers a chance to win. She said it was the sweetest thing to watch. I hope that there are more experiences like this to come. I am a little concerned with the fact that the new children coming in are so much younger than him, but his teachers have assured me that he has been an excellent helper with them. I am so thankful to my Heavenly Father for sending me such a wonderful boy! He's entirely too smart for his own good and I am about tired of him thinking he knows everything, but I love him so much.