Chris arrived happily today, excited to share his ideas regarding "new movies" that he intends on creating. He shared video snippets of the many topics of interest related to his own ideas. Scaffolding supported use of cohesive ties to connect details and expanded vocabulary. Rapid affect change was noted once again. Conversation today afforded and excellent opportunity to re-visit the familiar cue supports utilized (many adapted from Social Thinking) as well as aspects of theory of mind strategies. Familiar expanded discussion of Chris' perception of attentional shifting ( "The thoughts that jump around quickly" etc.) was highlighted. Chris embraced the request ("Chris, if you feel that your brain is jumping to a new idea, please let me know so you can take me with you/ so our thoughts can stay connected/ I am interested in all the thoughts that you have when we are together" etc. )today for the first time. He shard that he would try. We further expanded on carrying this over with teachers at school. We further discussed "perspectives"
as we often do, and expanded on " non response/ignore" aspects of conversation. Lots of self reflection today, positive engagement and provision of support across the dynamics of social communication. Shared session highlights with mom at session close.