Santino was seen for session 23 of 23 with this SLP in the individual classroom. He appeared pleasant and regulated as he transitioned between sessions. The visual schedule was referenced and reviewed..Goals for the session remained consistent and included the following...1. to engage in forming a relationship with Santino that includes regulation, and shared attention and interest 2. to enter into two-way, purposeful interactions with gestures and intentional communication 3. to determine highly motivating/favorable, cause and effect activities, so that Santino may develop a feeling of control and predict/anticipate what will happen next 4. to imitate predictable action sequences and communication patterns through cause and effect activities 5. to develop single-word requesting via eye-gaze, picture exchange and/or verbalization...Santino referenced "The Gingerbread Man" storybook presented by this SLP. With minimal assistance, he turned the pages and tracked selected portions of the text both visually and physically, via his "pointer" finger, as an abbreviated story was read aloud by is SLP. During this 15-minute activity, Santino verbalized "Gingerbread Man" several times as he referenced the illustrations and completed the familiar rhyme, "Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me, I'm......the gingerbread man!"...Santino was presented with a choice of 3 books via photo exchange. He selected "Where is Santino's Pumpkin?". He turned the pages and lifted the flaps to locate the missing pumpkin throughout the story as it was read aloud by this SLP. Throughout this
20-minute activity, Santino verbalized the following: orange leaf, red, yellow, window, ghost, candy apple, open door...Santino was directed to the "Mickey Mouse Pattern Tiles Set" and followed the
one-step verbal direction to sit in the chair. Santino selected the shape, via photo exchange, from a field of 4 for 18 out of 18 opportunities. He verbalized color + shape (i.e. green diamond, yellow trapezoid, brown triangle, etc.) upon receipt of the item requested to complete 3 Disney-themed shape puzzles (i.e. a hexagon or any combination of a triangle, diamond and/or trapezoid to "fill-in" Mickey's ears, the sail of Donald Duck's boat, and the roof of Pluto's doghouse). He showed excellent focus, engagement and task persistence throughout this 15-minute activity...The session came to a close in the usual manner with the "Good-Bye" Song and successful photo exchange on his daily, visual schedule given verbal and minimal physical prompts from this SLP. Santino verbalized "Ingrid" upon reference to her photo...Continue as planned. Santino seemed very confident and consistent with photo exchange today!