S: Noah was seen at the Batt School for treatment. Noah was noted to be in a silly mood, therefore he benefited from frequent redirection to task throughout session. It is also noted that Noah had a BM during session, impacting session data (i.e. number of activities completed). O: Noah first completed a letter-sound correspondence activity with letters A-D. He completed the activity with 30% accuracy. He was then asked to blend 3-letter words when given the 3 sounds verbally. He completed the task with 70% accuracy. Lastly, Noah 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 77% accuracy. A: Noah displays consistency/increases across most goals. Limited session data noted due to high distractibility and BM during session. P: Continue POC.
Jack had a good session today. He worked on ER, AIR, AR, IRE, EAR, and OR. ER continues to be the most challenging for him at the word level. All other vocalic R in phrases. He is using vocalic R with 60-70% accuracy.
Luke had a good session today. He interacted and practiced conversation with a peer today. He worked on his L and TH sounds while in conversation. He did a nice job staying on topic, using eye contact, and taking turns.
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.
