Chris arrived quite late to school today. He took it upon himself to share that he was going to be late this morning, and he was commended for doing so. He shared that "it was the right thing to do Ms. Lynne, I knew you were gonna be waiting." The session, although shortened, was extremely productive. Conversational reciprocity was strong, characterized by increased cycles of exchange, and decreased occurrences of speaker -speaker overlap. Topic transitions were successful, as Chris utilized familiar topic transition phrases across 8 topic shifts. Linguistic organization was also strong this session, characterized by decreased need for revision or repair for clarification within an exchange.
Richard had a multiple meaning word quiz today with a variety of the words he has been learning/ practicing throughout the year. Out of 50 different definitions, Richard was able to provide an accurate definition and put the word in a sentence in 42 of the words independently. Richard was very proud of himself as when the year began he did not recall what a multiple meaning word was!
Chris has continued to share his excitement regarding his "gaming projects" as each session has commenced over these last weeks. Chris initiated conversation with excitement this morning as he shared new ideas and concepts that he had worked on over the weekend. He eagerly asked for feedback, and allowed for pausing, wait time, and the provision of strong reciprocal exchanges of increased length. Speaker -speaker overlap was noted, however, awareness of overlap was noted consistently and attempts to repair the overlap were noted 75% of the time. Review of the aspects of perspective taking and presupposition were highlighted, and subsequent provision of scaffolding supports facilitated increased linguistic organization when generating a short narrative or an explanative summation. Strong session today.
S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was noted to be in a silly mood throughout session. Frequent redirection to task noted, especially at the end of session. O: Noah first participated in an alphabet identification task, where he was asked to label all of the uppercase letters of the alphabet given letter cards with pictures (i.e. “A” with the letter provided and a picture of an apple). He completed the activity with 42% accuracy. He then identified the letters within his name with 89% accuracy. After, Noah was asked to label the category of the 4 items provided. He completed the activity with 80% accuracy. Lastly, he was asked what does not belong in a group of 4 items. He completed the task with 70% accuracy. A: Noah displays consistency/increases across most goals. Noah is noted to confuse “N” with “H” during letter identification task within name. P: Continue POC.
Richard had a great session today. He worked on providing definitions for a variety of vocabulary words (moderate, considerable, flexible, weary). Richard then worked on TH words in the initial, medial, and final positions of words. Richard was asked to put a variety of these TH words in sentences 90% accuracy. He also practiced when in conversation with others today with minimal cues.
Chris was eager to discuss a myriad of topics this morning, however, he was observably tired. Topic initiation was characterized by frequent revisions and rapid shifts. Familiar scaffolding supports were provided, and a strong increase in the organization of topic sequences, the use of cohesive ties and temporal links was subsequently noted. Speaker - listener reciprocity was supported with familiar cues, as periods of overlap were noted. Repair strategies were utilized following the provision of gestural cues. Expanded discussion in the area of narrative generation was highlighted today. Chris shared that "I can tell stories pretty ok when we talk together, now, better than I used to." Review of the familiar strategies to assist with story grammar components and narrative generation were expanded upon once again.
S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was noted to be in a silly mood throughout session. Initial difficulty with remaining on task noted, as well as frequent redirection to task throughout the session. O: Noah first participated in an alphabet identification task, identifying the letters within his name. Noah identified the letters provided with 75% accuracy. Next, he was asked what does not belong in a group of 4 items. He completed the task with 65% accuracy. After, Noah was asked to sort items provided into 2 provided categories. He completed the activity with 80% accuracy. Then, Noah participated in an alphabet identification task, identifying letters A-J. Noah identified the letters provided with 50% accuracy. Lastly, 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 3 answer choices. He completed the activity with 100% accuracy. A: Noah displays consistency/increases across most goals. Interpret decreases with caution due to difficulty with remaining on task. P: Continue POC.
S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was noted to be in a silly mood throughout session. Difficulty with remaining on task noted, as well as frequent redirection to task throughout the session. 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 76% accuracy. Next, he was asked to identify the superlative (e.g. big, bigger, biggest) in a field of 3 visual answer choices. He completed the activity with 90% 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 3 answer choices. He completed the activity with 90% accuracy. Lastly, Noah answered mixed “wh” questions given a field of 3 answer choices. He completed the activity with 73% accuracy. A: Noah displays consistency/increases on some goals. Interpret decreases with caution due to difficulty with remaining on task/task completion. P: Continue POC.
Chris enthusiastically initiated conversation with a strong focus this morning, as he was excited to share details about his weekend. He continues to be highly motivated to learn, and expand his knowledge regarding his "gaming projects." He exuded a strong sense of pride regarding his accomplishments, and utilized strong cohesive ties as he described in detail the aspects of his "gaming modifications." This afforded an excellent opportunity to review the key aspects of perspective taking, presupposition, and acknowledgement of a communication partner's non verbal cues when engaged in both a communicative exchange, and when providing a short narrative or explanative summation. Chris was able to provide strong inferences and predict outcomes given scenarios related to the topic of gaming and gaming modification when provided with cue supports with 60% and 65 % respectively today. Strong session this morning.
