Christopher's birthday excitement was bubbling over as he was waiting in his doorway anticipating my arrival. He jumped right into sharing thoughts across a few different topics. Together we ordered the topics for discussion based on his priorities. Sharing the new Lego Marvel characters purchased in New York was the priority. He initiated use of the familiar strategies that we have used for effective categorical organization in order to arrange, group and discuss them based on similarities and differences. He was quite proud as he said "I remember this Ms. Lynne."
Sharing information about Comic Con and the trip to New York was a subsequent focus. Initial itemization and listing the specific thoughts, events and details that he rapidly recalled about the trip served as a foundation to allow for more successful organization and temporal sequencing of the events and activities. Strong supports were provided as the task was challenging. Familiar cues and supports were facilitative. Movement sequences were embedded in greater scope this session in order to support attention to task, as Birthday excitement was encompassing today.