Santino was seen for session 9 of 10 in Term 3 with this SLP and transitioned calmly between sessions. The daily, visual schedule was referenced and reviewed. Santino's "pull-up" was checked and judged to be very wet. Santino appeared calm as he participated in the typical routine to change in the restroom. Santino verbalized the following paired with photo reference to complete the phrases initiated by this SLP: We need to change the..."Pull-Up",
We're going to the..."Restroom", Let's wash hands in the..."Sink", Get some..."Soap", Get a ..."Paper Towel". Santino transitioned calmly back to the individual classroom...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...Consideration has been given to expand upon Goal 5 to include modifier + object/action in the phrase "I want..." via picture exchange and/or verbalization...A paper cup containing approximately 4 oz. of water was offered to Santino upon re-entry into the classroom. He sat in the blue chair, took small sips and drank all of the water over a 10-minute period with hand-over-hand assistance to hold and the bring cup to his mouth...Santino was directed to paper and "squeeze paints". He sat in the brown chair upon verbal direction. During the remaining 15-minutes of the session, Santino engaged in squeezing multi-colored paints onto paper which was folded then rubbed to spread the paint in an abstract manner. Santino appeared to enjoy viewing his creation as the paper was opened to reveal his design...Santino assisted with clean-up upon verbal direction. The daily, visual schedule was referenced and reviewed in preparation for the next session...Continue as planned with focus on use of communication book/photos across sessions/instructors and settings...