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Showing posts with label seeking answers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label seeking answers. Show all posts
Monday, June 25, 2007
Skiing Pot Head
I dreamt I went skiing. I wasn't as prepared as I thought I was, but I improvised. The next day, I decided to take Zach with me. We were going with another guy who was dating a girl with disabilities. The girl was the one in the movie The Other Sister which we just watched yesterday. They boy was not. He was a handsome dark long haired boy who, as it turned out, was no good. He was a pot head and was bullying Zach and me into joining his lifestyle. But I tricked him in the end. Assault rifles were involved, but no one was harmed.
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Statistics useful, snow cave not, young love
My first dream wasn't quite so frustrating, in that there was a point. I don't remember it very well, but I do remember that there was a real goal we were working toward. It was still frustrating and still had a lot to do with statistics, but there were real characters and a real goal.
The second dream was sad. These guys (and I was one of them) went up into the mountains and were going to be their for a while. We were trying to build a snow cave so that we wouldn't freeze to death, but while we were building it, it rained on us and we got wet. We were doomed to die.
The third dream was about Tia. She and the most popular boy at school, senior, football quarterback, adored by all, were in love. Lisa hated that she was falling for a guy that was probably just using Tia, so she was sending her to live somewhere else. It was kind of sad that she was having to go. Tia was not happy, but she was compliant. Meanwhile, the boy was trying to figure out how to sneak around to see Tia. Ah to be that young and naieve.
The second dream was sad. These guys (and I was one of them) went up into the mountains and were going to be their for a while. We were trying to build a snow cave so that we wouldn't freeze to death, but while we were building it, it rained on us and we got wet. We were doomed to die.
The third dream was about Tia. She and the most popular boy at school, senior, football quarterback, adored by all, were in love. Lisa hated that she was falling for a guy that was probably just using Tia, so she was sending her to live somewhere else. It was kind of sad that she was having to go. Tia was not happy, but she was compliant. Meanwhile, the boy was trying to figure out how to sneak around to see Tia. Ah to be that young and naieve.
Saturday, March 17, 2007
ABA and autism
Another night of dreams that followed the same theme. This time it was Applied Behavior Analysis and its validity.
In the first dream, I was being introduced to people, "experts", who treated people with autism. I was introduced to one man who was an expert in applied behavioral analysis. I told him I had learned recently that apa was outdated and proven to be ineffective in the treatment of autism. (this is not true, of course. ABA can be extremely effective when used correctly. Conversely, ABA can also be extremely abusive when used incorrectly.)
The man seemed embarrassed. As we got to the really good stuff, like how autism is best treated, I drifted into deep sleep. No answers here, I'm afraid.
In the next dream I was talking to Jason, a real live person who started a psycho-social rehab company after a falling out with ALA (ALA has recently been shut down by the the state), and currently uses ABA with clients he has in group homes, to discuss the benefits of aba. Of course we were discussing this in the most appropriate place, a football field, and I must have been having some sort of dissociative problem, because I was witnessing it from afar(the bleachers). Still no answers for me.
The last dream was a kind of hodgepodge of the two. The details are very fuzzy. I just know it was, again, about autism and aba and that Jason was there again.
It's good to be awake this morning.
In the first dream, I was being introduced to people, "experts", who treated people with autism. I was introduced to one man who was an expert in applied behavioral analysis. I told him I had learned recently that apa was outdated and proven to be ineffective in the treatment of autism. (this is not true, of course. ABA can be extremely effective when used correctly. Conversely, ABA can also be extremely abusive when used incorrectly.)
The man seemed embarrassed. As we got to the really good stuff, like how autism is best treated, I drifted into deep sleep. No answers here, I'm afraid.
In the next dream I was talking to Jason, a real live person who started a psycho-social rehab company after a falling out with ALA (ALA has recently been shut down by the the state), and currently uses ABA with clients he has in group homes, to discuss the benefits of aba. Of course we were discussing this in the most appropriate place, a football field, and I must have been having some sort of dissociative problem, because I was witnessing it from afar(the bleachers). Still no answers for me.
The last dream was a kind of hodgepodge of the two. The details are very fuzzy. I just know it was, again, about autism and aba and that Jason was there again.
It's good to be awake this morning.
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