The Past Year

I would have to say the this past year has been Nate's best & most productive. ECHO has been very helpful with him. The person who works directly with him, visits whenever necessary. He has received lessons in shopping, cooking, keeping a schedule for cleaning his apt, financial guidance. He is still having trouble with the finances & every time he makes a mistake, he believes the bank had to have done something wrong. There has been concern & his team may have to take over, as he does not know how to save. They are giving him another chance with this. When he didn't have a car, he took a cab & had to learn how to work with the cab company. He & the county, together, got him a new car. The team helped him to save money & the county gave money towards this. This is the first time he ever showed any ability to save.

Nate came to see us on Sunday & it was a good visit, which for him is not normal for Sunday's. I thanked him for a good visit, but I didn't go into the fact that this was not his norm. A couple of days ago he was in a good mood & called us 5 times, at least. He does this because he thinks of something else he forgot to say the first 4 times. He also calls a lot when he is in a bad mood.

More on this year in my next post.