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Now that I think about it, I realized at the Fair he was falling for the marketing schemes without thinking about them. I glossed over it, realizing this was overkill to his senses anyway.
Tonight I took him to a movie, since the rest of the group was going to movie night as well. I could not see getting to a movie on a "school night" at 7:45 and not getting out of there until after 9, with his bedtime at 8. It sends mixed signals to a recovering brain.
We found that Real Steel was showing at another theater at 5:40, so we hopped in the truck and ran to it. Mom had gone home to take the teens to eat, to spend some quality time with them. I alerted her that I would be halfway home with him, and she could meet us for dinner if she wanted.
Parking at the mall, he had no cares about darting into the street to get to the sidewalks. This was another glimpse to the remaining impulsiveness. I got his attention and explained why we don't do that.
The movie was good, and there was only one other person in the movie, sitting almost to the top. It was longer than I expected. We didn't get out of there until 8pm.
On the way out, we looked at the movie banners. I watched him scanning them carefully, and noticed the difference in how he looked at them now. Back across the street, and he still darted with a car coming down the drive, although it was not close to him. I started to call, and he stopped two feet away from the curb. He is learning, but slowly.
I wonder, with the focus on life skills, if OT will work with him on traffic and dangerous situations? I hope they do the ordinary ones, at least.
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