Chris is making great progress in the area of social cues. Today we readdressed the topic of empathy. I presented Chris with one scenario and asked him to explain how the student might feel and why he might feel that way. Chris then explained that he knew how the student felt but wanted to tell me a story about his previous experiences and why it makes it hard to feel for other people. Chris then explained many situations in his past friendship experiences that now make it hard for him to connect and feel for people. This shows really great progress for Chris. Although he still demonstrates difficulty always putting these ideas into action, he is able to generalize and self-reflect. He wasn’t successful at this at the beginning of the year. I was then able to witness Chris playing with a group of peers on the playground, and on more than one occasion Chris was able to effectively use different social strategies we had discussed.