Santino was absent today. Kim called to say she fell. I subbed for Delaina with Richard and Matthew, so I edited the session minutes for Santino accordingly. I usually have Santino for 135 minutes, but since I subbed for a total of 90 minutes with the two students, it left me with 45 minutes (above) for Santino's session minutes entry.
After eating his lunch, Santino went outside to the playground as there were activities that were planned for Halloween. He remained a passive participant but observed the activities from a distance. Santino was encouraged to react to social greets by responding in kind and maintaining eye contact. He then worked on a tracing activity. Physical prompts are as yet afforded Santino to improve his fine motor coordination and grasp when tracing. A squeeze ball is also used to help to strengthen Santino's grip. To improve his number sense, Santino worked on a 'Movie Time" graph tasking him with counting the snacks shown in the picture. I modeled the first one and Santino was then afforded just an initial prompt to assist him. He was given a crayon to write his answers. Santino counted the snacks using one-to-one number correspondence initially, but then counted on his own and understood expectations. He was afforded hand-over-hand prompts with which to write the first two numbers but wrote his name and the number 7 independently, given verbal prompts alone. Santino was allowed time with the I-pad for demonstrating good effort and compliance with directives. We ended the day out in the playground and enjoyed a spirited Halloween.
Session Minutes
180
Minutes Student Attended
150
Lesson Comments
Kim brought Santino in 15 minutes late and (Zach) picked him up 15 minutes early - so I deducted 30 minutes from his usual scheduled time for minutes attended.
Santino laid out the items of his lunch in accordance with directives. I used sequencer words such as 'first' and 'next' to help him understand the order specificed, and I demonstrated the first time to clarify expectations. Santino was prompted to expand his verbal language repertoire and add 'please' and 'thank you' to his requests. He was cooperative although a bit more echolalic today. Santino ate all of his pureed lunch and drank water from a cup. He also requested 2 packages of Fruit Loops cereal as a snack during our time together.
