Richard was in a great mood and excited to begin the session with our warm up while building legos. Using the plexiglass between therapist and Richard, he removed his mask for practice. He is very conscientious and already self correcting. He still benefits from a model, visual feedback, and visual cues. With some phonological awareness exercises, Richard is really tuned into the sounds and differences. He is constantly asking questions for feedback. That kind of awareness and self knowledge will help his mastery of the target s and /s/ blends. Switching gears, he picked out a book called "What Should Danny Do?" focussing on the power to choose and understand how his choices will shape what kind of day he has. Richard loved it! It also led to good discussions about making helpful choices at school and home, even if "we don't feel like it." We also explored the character's feelings and discussed what we do when we have the angry or sad feelings. Richard demonstrated good self awareness of coping skills when he has those feelings.