Libby used writing paper, a boogie board, and rubber letters to practice her sight words and short vowel words. I read a Tomie dePaola book to her and discussed the writing and illustrations.
I expected Kaitlin to meet with me since Elise spoke to her mother earlier this week and said she would meet on Thursdays while she is in Texas. I attempted to meet several times, but she did not respond.
Libby was seen in her room for a 45-minute treatment session with the focus of therapy on fine motor skills specifically grasp patterns, ocular motor skills (saccades), self care skills, and handwriting. OT has also focused on sensory processing and having Libby be more comfortable with wearing a variety of clothes (weather appropriate) and different hairstyles (only wants to wear her hair one way which is down). Worked with Libby in her room for our last session before the holiday break. Libby and OT have been working on a knitting project to make a s'more stuffy. Libby was very excited to work on completion of this project with having the S'more stuffy as her present. She was able assist OT with knitting in the top and bottom graham cracker pieces, place the eyes, and feet. The end product was a success and Libby was very happy with her new stuffy. Lastly, finished up working on Christmas ornaments and other holiday crafts. Libby worked well and her attention and cooperation were outstanding. Continue after the break.
Libby was seen in her room for a 45-minute treatment session after two week winter break. Libby was happy and worked well during today's sessions. The focus of therapy on fine motor skills specifically grasp patterns, ocular motor skills (saccades), self care skills, and handwriting. OT has also focused on sensory processing and having Libby be more comfortable with wearing a variety of clothes (weather appropriate) and different hairstyles (only wants to wear her hair one way which is down). Began today's session with warming up hands and increasing hand strength using "rapper snappers" which are tubes you pull to elongate and you can bend them and connect them to make a "o". Libby and the OT both made letters from these toys and we had to say which letter was made. Libby was able to identify and make several letters from both the upper and lower case alphabets. Continued therapy with review of the previously learned letters of the lowercase alphabet. Libby used a pencil to write each letter from the "Fall Down Climb Up" group individually on an index card. Then squeezed glue and sprinkled them with glitter to make glitter letters. She enjoy this multi-sensory activity and reviewed her lowercase letters with fair recall. OT also introduced and made the first three letters from the "Swing Around the Tree" group which were "c, o, a and d". When provided with min verbal and physical cues Libby was able to form the letters well today which included "r, n, m h, b, p, f, c ,o, a and d". Libby had a great first session back from break.
Assignment
Practice writing with both lower case and upper case letters
conversation about winter break and selection of lesson content for upcoming weeks
Session Minutes
45
Minutes Student Attended
35
Lesson Comments
We shared about our winter break and issues with technology, as we both have new laptops. I had suggested to start working in a chapter from a B1 textbook, but Joshua expressed a strong preference for the Easy German videos he had worked with before. It is more of a unit study approach, since I have vocabulary lists and accompanying exercises for each video. We discussed all this in German, and Joshua expressed himself well.
Using a small dry erase board, writing paper, and glitter pens, Libby practiced her sight words and words with short vowels. She read Bob books with short vowel words. I read a Tomie de Paola book to her, and we looked at his illustrations.
