Mondays!

It's another no-kid school day which is the best kinda day! I can get lots done without tripping on or kicking kids as they run through the halls yelling obscenities. Kansas City was pretty fun if you call behavior disorder research fun. AND I DO!

Janine Stichter gave a great presentation on the Thompson Center's cognitive behavioral interventions for Asperger students.

The next day there was a good one on teaching kids how to use self-management. One of the suggestions on correcting behavior is to film the child performing the correct action then making them watch the movie every morning. Like if a kid can't seem to raise their hand in class and just blurts out the answer 90% of the time. Apparently if you film them raising their hand and answering the questions (then the teacher issues positive reinforcement of course) and let the kid watch himself every morning he will start to realize that he should raise his hand and not be an idiot. Their words not mine! So I might offer my assistance as a geek and see if the schools need some filming or editing done.

Oh and we also ate uncooked beef. There is this rotating restaurant atop the Hyatt, but we were feeling cheap so we got some drinks and ended up at a more expensive restaurant called Benton's. There was live jazz and the lobster cognac flambée was ok, but Kelly ordered an appetizer (you know like hotwings or tater skins) but they brought her this Kobe carpaccio that wiggled down my throat and haunts me to this day!

I'm never going there again.

But we had fun. Didn't really get a chance to see much of the city. On the way in my windows kept icing over because my defrost doesn't work too well and the dashboard is kinda folding up blocking the vents and it was freezing drizzle so you couldn't really wipe it away without making it worse plus there was muck all over the roads from the snow and we couldn't see for crap.

Oh and it was too cold to go outside. That's my excuse really. See: