The early portion of this lesson on Wednesday 12/19 involved some challenges in communication between Henry and another student. I was able to present Henry with some reflections and wisdom regarding his approach and most of the negative thinking he was projecting into the situation. Henry was able to come sit next to me in the main student lobby, and he calmed himself as I played relaxing tones from my Bluetooth speaker. I was able to convince Henry to sit and drink some hot tea with me, so he went into the kitchen and made our cups to drink. During that portion of the lesson, Henry seemed to be completely balanced compared to the hour and thirty minutes prior. When Ms. Judie came to inform Henry that he would be going home early due to the incident at lunch, he immediately broke-down and became visibly upset and disappointed. This was a challenging moment for himself and I, but I sat by his side and encouraged him while holding him accountable to this actions and words during the incident, by reminding him that he could have chosen differently and the outcome would be different in that moment. After a relatively short period of time (approximately 20 minutes) Henry came around upon my request for another game of Chess, and within no time we were engaged in another match of Chess. Henry did end up being picked-up approximately 15 minutes early, however, he seemed quite calm and balanced despite the two prior emotional/behavioral setbacks no less than 2-hours early. Despite the negative nature of his communications and conduct at the very end of lunch and spilling over into our session, Henry made significant progress in my opinion, because he managed to overcome these challenges in communication to bring himself back to a state of calm in a quick and timely fashion. I sense that the connection and trust between him and I is progressing, because he showed signs of listening and heeding my words and advice, albeit at his own pace. Nonetheless, I was proud of Henry's perseverance in overcoming these challenges.