Session Date
Lesson Topic
Observe and cross reference methods and beneficial techniques with OT
Lesson Outline
Santino was cooperative when directed to sit on a mat and afforded some proprioceptive stimulation with a massager on his arms and legs. Santino is very responsive to tactile stimuli, and his facial expression clearly showed how much he enjoyed the stimulation. This awoke his senses and Santino next worked on many activities, beginning with Discovery Putty, in which he kneads a wad of colored putty to discover and remove different objects inside and put them into a basket upon request. Next, Santino sat on a spinner, called a ‘Spooner,’ which affords him vestibular input and stimulation to enable him to sense changes in position, direction, and speed and helps improve muscle tone, righting reactions, postural security, eye movements, and overall alertness. Santino also worked on identifying Dolce sight words and was afforded opportunities to build skills toward mastery while remaining engaged and on task. He was prompted to complete worksheets emphasizing beginning sounds and matching numbers to their corresponding (number) word and did well on this activity. Santino was also tasked with using a marker with which to trace numbers and to subsequently connect them in a straight line - a precursor to learning how to write. Santino was afforded some prompting techniques to help him coordinate the movements necessary to complete the task, but he was able to do so largely independently after being afforded practice. Santino was encouraged to use signs to communicate when he wanted 'MORE' of an activity or when he was 'ALL DONE' with a task. This will continue to be reinforced by all tutors working with him in order to reinforce and consolidate emergent gains. Santino was given a weighted vest to wear for a few minutes and seemed to enjoy the feeling of security this afforded him. We will make it available for his use in future sessions. We finished the session viewing some of his favorite apps while seated at the table. Santino indicated he wished to eat his yogurt and I assisted him in hand-over-hand feeding. He finished two yogurts and enjoyed the remaining few minutes watching his favorite videos and occasionally chiming along to the alphabet song, which focuses on sounds the different letters make and identifies words starting with those letters. It was a productive session.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
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School