Playground Progress, etc.

In the past couple of months, James has really taken off at the playground. 

He used to mostly wander around and watch other kids, but now he is climbing and sliding and generally playing like a typical kid! It's great to see!

James's class had a Zoo field trip last month.
8 boys with special needs at the Zoo is about what you might imagine!!

On a slightly less positive note, we've had lots of hand-biting lately. This seems to happen most often if James is stressed/overstimulated or in physical pain somewhere else in his body (usually stomach). But sometimes he just seems to bite his hands absentmindedly. We hate it and still don't know the best way to handle it. Our most successful intervention so far is just getting him busy with Legos, so his hands are otherwise occupied.