Chris continues to exhibit strong enthusiasm as the sessions commence. He is eager to share information and initiate conversation with familiar "sentence starters" as noted in previous summaries. Focus on strategies to expand topic initiation "starters" and topic shifting was supported with familiar cues and was noted with strong success this session. Periods of comment/comment exchange were demonstrated with increased frequency and within cycles of increased length this session as well. Chris was noted to request clarification of comment/s/ shared when allowance of reciprocity was diminished, affording the strong opportunity to further expand topic expansion. Strong emphasis on the aspects of perspective taking and presupposition continues to be highlighted each session with provision of support to increase the use of detail, referencing, as well as the acknowledgement and interpretation of body language, gesture, facial expression and intonation. As conversation shifted to the comic project that he was working on with another student, his eagerness to seek out that student became strong and attentional shifting heightened. Continued discussion of "attention" was subsequently re-visited, encouraging Chris to once again alert his communication partner of instances when his " attention jumps away."
He agreed, and shared that he "couldn't focus anymore" appropriate topic closure was supported and he subsequently asked if he could please go meet the "student" and speak with him about their project. He expressed strong appreciation and the session closed 15 minutes early. Strong session today.