Richard was greeted at the door by therapist. He happily entered the room. Richard was in a great mood today and required less redirection. Auditory comprehension was significantly better today with short stories! He achieved 11/13 independently! Excellent job, Richard! I will increase length of short stories to increase difficulty. /s/ blends were inconsistent today. /sp/ 0% independent, 100% verbal cue. /sk/ 80% independent, 20% verbal cues, /st/ 30% independent and 70% verbal cues all at the word level given a verbal model by SLP. /z/ was introduced at the word level which is the same placement as /s/ however voiced. There were some intermittent lingual thrusting (lisps) however significantly improved since /s/ was initiated at the word level. /z/ initial position 85%, medial position 80%, final position 90%! /s/ at the phrase level in initial position only was targeted today achieving 85% accuracy. It is evident when Richard slows down and focuses, his accuracy improves. Less cues were required during structured tasks however continues to require support during conversational tasks. Connect 4 was used as a "break" activity and Richard is demonstrating improvement with independence, social skills, and executive planning/functioning. Well done, Richard! Have a great weekend and keep up the great work on your sounds!