Greetings from Brad,
We had another busy day at the centre, working with the staff to develop and implement a preference assessment for all of the students. The preference assessment will be used to gain some insight into what motivates each student. We will then use these "motivators" as reinforces for appropriate communication and academic demands.
Lori and I also continued with the PECS and PRT trainings that we had started on Monday. The staff responded amazingly, jumping into the demonstration and showing that these skills are like many that they are already using. We are confident that the staff will be able to apply these approaches to their interactions with the students.
Alicia continues to make progress with her project by having completed all of the sanding. In addition, she started painting (with a color scheme of grey for the legs and blue for the tops) the desks.
After handing out the certificates of achievement to the local staff we headed back to our village to prepare for our personally cooked meal. Before the meal we worked up an appetite by taking a walk to Independence Square. We took in all of the sights, the memorial arch and the conference centre, which are really stunning. Back to the meal, through a mutual friend we had an amazing typical Ghanaian meal that consisted of a pasta with seasonings, jolof rice (similar to spanish rice), and a salad of cabbage, potatoes, and salad cream. This was all topped off with an amazing orange crepe dessert that I hear was incredibly delicious (there was no vegan option, so I had more jolof).
Tomorrow we are heading out on an excursion to the botanical gardens. Lewis, the official drummer of the Global Autism Project will be joining us to provide a drumming workshop for the students. This is going to be great!
Respect,
brad "kofi" herron
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