Session Date
Lesson Topic
To encourage evidence of functional speech and adaptive behaviors
Lesson Outline
I escorted Santino into the school today having arrived early and spotting him sitting in the car with Ingrid. He cooperated by putting on his backpack, taking my hand, and proceeding to the classroom. I had prepared a bag of different games and activities and Santino selected Mr. Potato Head first. We removed the body parts and Santino watched as I identified the eyes, hands, arms, and hat. We then identified the body parts on the toy and on ourselves together and placed them onto the corresponding parts on the toy. Santino enjoyed this activity and remained engaged for 4 - 5 minutes; he correctly placed the eyes into the corresponding holes on the potato head independent of prompts but required prompts and refocusing to manipulate the other pieces properly. Santino and I then used some musical instruments to make sounds and copy rhythms. When I subsequently offered Santino a choice between two puzzles, he selected a farm puzzle, which has 7 pieces, and he correctly identified the pig upon request, independently. However, prompting techniques remained necessary for the other animals as he concentrated his attention solely on the pig. Once refocused, Santino listened to "The Wheels on the Bus" and repeated a few phrases. He did not imitate the actions demonstrated for him as we sang along, but he did wish to hear it repeatedly and began skipping along to the music. Santino watched 'Little Baby Bum' on the computer. He repeated the name after I asked him if he wanted to watch it. A few other songs were played on this application, such as 'Patty Cake', 'One Potato,' 'This Little Piggy,' 'If You’re Happy and You know it,' and 'Hickory Dickory Dock.' Santino spontaneously repeated some of the words and phrases as they played. We also referred to Mr. Potato Head whenever that song was played to facilitate object identification. He was encouraged to do act out the lyrics when listening to 'If You're Happy and You Know It, but prompting techniques remained necessary for task completion.' Overall, Santino was cooperative today and seemed especially engaged and motivated by musical activities. He is going to be seen by Christina, for OT, and then I will return for another hour session with him afterwards.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Session Hours
1.00
Hours Attended
1.00
Entry Status
Review Status
Student Name(s)
Subject
School