Today Carson and I worked on a challenge activity. Carson was asked real world scenarios with to find surface area and volume. Carson did a great job using the formulas and correctly simplifying. At the end of the class, Carson helped me set up for the Easter celebration.

Andrew participated in a an school-wide Easter celebration.

JPaul participated in a school wide Easter celebration.

Ben participated in a school-wide Easter celebration.

Aiden participated in a school-wide Easter celebration.

Libby was seen in an office for a 45-minute treatment session with focus of session on improving her fine motor skills especially in the area of grasp patterns, ocular motor skills (saccades), self care skills, handwriting, as well as improving her flexibility for wearing different clothing and wearing her hair different ways. Today was Libby's first OT session. She easily separated to join OT. Began session with clothespin activity to increase grip and finger strength for improved grasp patterns and distal control. Continued with Bunchem's stick ball game for tactile input and showed Libby her rainbow sparkle chart. Explained that she would get a star every time she wore shorts, short sleeve shirts, or a dress and her hair up (any way she chooses). Libby asked if she could wear different clothes starting at home not at school. OT said that is okay but Mom has to send a picture. Continued OT with introducing Libby to Print Island. She was instructed on the lower case letter "r" today and was given the auditory cue of "fall down, climb up, hook". After practicing big on glitter paper to practicing small on index cards Libby was able to form the letter "r" correctly. She will need continued practice to change the established motor memory for this letter and all the letters she has learned to form incorrectly. Great first session.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45-minute treatment session. His session focuses on improving his postural control, integration of retained reflexes, visual motor skills and integration, fine motor skills, dexterity, manipulation, ocular motor development and graphomotor development/keyboarding as an alternative means to written communication. Worked with Richard Wednesday with peer to paint his ceramic bowl and today he glazed his bowl to finish his project. Richard continues to use a thumb wrap grasp even on paint brushes but does not complain of fatigue. This type of grasp makes refined and dynamic finger movements hard to achieve. Continued with game with peer.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45-minute treatment session. His session focuses on improving his postural control, integration of retained reflexes, visual motor skills and integration, fine motor skills, dexterity, manipulation, ocular motor development and graphomotor development/keyboarding as an alternative means to written communication. Began session outside with mat exercises to work on integration of the ATNR reflex by doing cross crawling exercises and various MRNI techniques. Continued to work on ocular motor skills with head turn, tracking, fixation, saccades and pursuits exercises. Reviewed previously learned cursive letters by writing them with chalk on sidewalk. Richard's recall for previously learned cursive letters is fair and he continues to require verbal cues and demo's for approximately 3/10 letters. Lastly worked in room on ceramic craft in which Richard drew a design he would be painting and glazing by the end of the week to take home for Easter. Good session.

Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of treatment was on improving his bilateral integration/hand usage, fine motor development, graphomotor skills, postural control and sensory processing/organization for improved general performance in various environments. Luke was in good spirits today and stayed well regulated throughout session. No mention of not being able to take home vase yesterday and worked well to glaze and finish it today. He was happy he was able to take it today. Continued session with a Easter egg hunt outside which involved finding eggs that had child do various gross motor activities like jumping jacks or list says things like "sing the alphabet", "sing a song" or answer questions like "what can you do if you are in the blue zone, what can you do if you are in the red zone". This was fun activity and Luke enjoyed searching for the eggs. Good session.

Today Joshua and I moved onto 3.8 and discussed the Tangent function. We first recalled the coordinates around the unit circle. Then we evaluated the tangent values there. I explained that we get those values by dividing sine over cosine. Then we can use the unit circle values to come up with the graph of the tangent function. We came up with a way to determine where each horizontal asymptote was.