The session commenced with Chris sharing that he had " a lot to talk about today." Attention was strong, and he clearly had an "agenda" in mind. This afforded an opportunity to review key aspects of topic initiation and transition, as well as the components of self awareness, self reflection, mindfulness, perspective taking and presupposition. The session today was rather comprehensive as the "topics" Chris had in mind to discuss served as a strong catalyst for
review of familiar strategies and techniques across all previous goal areas. Speaker -speaker overlap was supported with familiar scaffolding techniques. Carryover of previous goals, with and without modification as needed is paramount as the school year commences. Strong session today.
Today's session was the first session of the new school year following the summer hiatus. As the session commenced, Chris rapidly initiated conversation as he shared that he "Was so bummed last week Ms. Lynne. I was so relieved to see you on my schedule for today, since last week you weren't, and I didn't understand why, and I was really sad and bummed out." Chris continued to rapidly share thoughts, and the session focus and flow seemingly picked up right where it was left off in May. He was eager to discuss the summer happenings in detail. This afforded an immediate opportunity to review strategies and supports that best facilitate more lengthy conversational exchanges, decrease instances of speaker- speaker overlap, enhance successful topic transition, and increase use of cohesive ties and temporal cues. Chris laughed out loud as he shared, "I remember all of that stuff Ms. Lynne !" Chris' excitement throughout the session was noted to perpetuate increased instances of speaker -speaker overlap. Subsequent cue supports were provided, allowing for strong opportunities for repair. Review of current goals was initiated, and will continue through the next session so as to establish a baseline of goals for the current school year.
Luke had a good session. Initially he was resistant to answering questions/participating in the start of his evaluation. A fire drill occurred that he had a difficult time with but worked through it. Started subtext 1 on the CELF.
Luke had a great first session back. We caught up on summer vacation and practiced conversation skills. We discussed starting testing tomorrow to come up with new goals for the year.
Luke had a great session today. He worked on TH and L sounds in single, medial and final position of words. He did so with 90% accuracy with minimal cues.
S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was eager to work with SLP for majority of the session. Increased task avoidance noted when completing activities. Sight word, letter identification, and blending activities provided to mom for continuation of skills practice over summer break. O: Noah first participated in an alphabet identification task, identifying all letters of the alphabet in a field of 3 letter choices. Noah identified the letters provided with 85% accuracy. Next, Noah was asked to blend 3 letter words when given the 3 sounds verbally. He completed the task with 80% accuracy. Then, Noah completed a letter-sound correspondence activity in which he listened to the letter sound and identified the letter in a field of 3 answer choices. He completed the activity with 70% accuracy. After, Noah completed a sight word matching activity in which he was asked to match the sight word provided to the correct sight word in a field of 4 answer choices. He completed the activity with 90% accuracy. Lastly, Noah completed a pronoun labeling activity where he was provided picture scenes and asked to choose the correct pronoun in a field of 3. He completed the activity with 80% accuracy. A: Noah displays consistency/increases across all goals. Difficulty with uses of “he” vs. “they” noted when completing pronoun activity. P: Reassess Noah when services continue to ensure POC remains accurate. Continue literacy-based goals per mom’s request.
S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was eager to work with SLP for majority of the session. Some task avoidance noted when completing some activities. Reduced session time noted. O: Noah first identified the letters in his name. He completed the activity with 100% accuracy. He then participated in an alphabet identification task, identifying all letters of the alphabet in a field of 3 letter choices. Noah identified the letters provided with 81% accuracy. Next, Noah was asked to identify the superlative (e.g. big, bigger, biggest) in a field of 3 visual answer choices. He completed the activity with 80% accuracy. Lastly, Noah completed a letter-sound correspondence activity in which he listened to the letter sound and identified the letter in a field of 3 answer choices. He completed the activity with 70% accuracy A: Noah displays consistency/increases across all goals. Task avoidance noted on letter-sound correspondence activity. P: Continue POC. Monitor/discontinue superlative goal.
