Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Began session with Zones or Regulation and Social Emotional development training. We had a discussion about what Luke has gotten and what he is still learning to do. Explained how when you try things or try new things that are difficult for you and when you have to work hard at something it can make you feel tired/annoyed/frustrated (yellow zone feeling). Explained that you have to remember these are things you are still learning to do so it is okay and you need to work through these feelings. Continue to discuss and talk about whole body listening. Lastly, played Monopoly Junior. Luke had a hard time following rules of the game. Explained how that made me feel and how it could make his peers feel.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Richard had a belly-ache at the beginning of today's session and asked to go the bathroom a couple times. We began treatment today with another cursive/Print Island cursive letter review. He was improving with his recall for all previoiusly learned cursive letters and will be able to learn a new letter next week. Continued treatment with visual scanning worksheet via Ann Arbor Visual Tracking program. For this first attempt he was able to track 8 words from a sentence scrambled inside a paragraph within 1 minute 45 seconds. For his second attempt he was able to scan and find 8/8 words from a sentence from a scrambled paragraph within 44 seconds. Good session. Hope he feels okay.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Continued with visual scanning, visual figure ground, visual discrimination and graphomotor development with I Spy book. Richard was asked to write objects he needed to find hidden in picture. Today he chose a new picture and was able to write well although at a slow pace when provided with half highlighted lines and verbal cues for some formations. Today we reviewed the formations of the cursive letters he was previously instructed on. Taught him how the print and cursive letters are similiar yet different in formation for the groups containing "c, o , a, d, g, and q". Richard has a tendency to form these letters incorrectly in print because of an incorrect motor memory pattern. He is learning the correct way to form these letters in cursive and the anecdotes (stories) and visual cues (island) seem to help learn and retain the way to write these particular letters in cursive. Good session.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Began session using I Spy book to work on visual scanning, visual discrimination and visual figure ground. Had Richard write each item he needed to find in picture to incorporate graphomotor development into activity. He did best with print when provided with half-highlighted lines which provide visual cues for sizing of the letters. His sizing improved with this visual cue. Richard required verbal cues for formation of some of his letters. Lastly, we did a cursive review. Richard was able to recall the cursive letters "i, u, w, t, and a". He needed cues or full assistance to recall the letters "s, r, j, y, p, c, o, d, g, and q". We will keep working on these skils so they become a stronger motor memory for Richard.

Richard was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Richard seen today after the holiday break. He was talkative and task avoiding when in room after recess. Worked on ocular motor development with visual scanning, visual figure ground and visual discrimination work. Continued working on keybaording as an alternative to written communication via Typing.com.

Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of treatment was on improving his bilateral integration/hand usage, fine motor development, graphomotor skills, postural control and sensory processing/organization for improved general performance in various environments. Today we began therapy with a Zones of Regulation activity. Luke was given a red, blue, yellow and green marker. Each color representing a different zone. Luke was given a blank piece of paper with 4" by 4" inch squares to draw in. He was then told different scenarios and was to asked to draw a facial expression in the square with the coordinating color to represent how he felt and which zone he was in. For example, the first scenario was "Mom is away" so Luke drew a sad face in blue in a box. Another example was "Your sister is in your room without asking permission" Luke drew a very angry red face. Third scenario was "you are fishing with Grandpa", Like drew a happy green face. Luke demonstrates a good understanding of the zones and is becoming better able to express his emotions although needs work on using strategies to calm self. Good session.

Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of treatment was on improving his bilateral integration/hand usage, fine motor development, graphomotor skills, postural control and sensory processing/organization for improved general performance in various environments. Luke needed a break upon therapist's arrival so he was given three minutes and a visual timer to know when his time was up. Once his break was over he was able to participate in activities. We continued to work on visual scanning, visual figure ground and visual discrimination via the I Spy book activity. Luke had trouble with impulse control today and could not stick with looking at one scene. He was quick to turn page when he was unable to quickly locate items he was visually searching for. He seemed tired during today's session.

Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of treatment was on improving his bilateral integration/hand usage, fine motor development, graphomotor skills, postural control and sensory processing/organization for improved general performance in various environments. Luke was happy and in good spirits today. Began session with visual discrimination/figure ground and visual scanning to find the hidden objects within the pictures. Luke was able to find approximately 75% of the hidden items without assistance. He enjoyed this activity and wanted to do more. Continued treatment with focus on listening skills and whole body listening. We are working on improving Luke's ability to follow multiple steps directions, stay on task, and teaching Luke how to use his whole body to listen. He participated in a Listening Skills worksheet. He was able to follow 3/5 two step directions without having to repeat. For 2/5 of the two step directions the directions needed to be repeated. We will continue to work on regulation, impulse control and listening skills in therapy. Glad to be back working with Luke.

Luke was seen in his room for a 45 minute occupational therapy treatment session. Focus of treatment was on improving his bilateral integration/hand usage, fine motor development, graphomotor skills, postural control and sensory processing/organization for improved general performance in various environments. Luke and OT listened to holiday music and painted a pictured canvas. Luke painted a picture of two avocadoes and OT painted a cup of hot chocolate to hang on Luke's wall. Hot chocolate is to remind him to practice his hot cocoa breathing when he starts to feel angry or frustrated. Luke was happy and participated well during his OT session today. Good session...

Richard was seen in his room for a 45 minute treatment session today. Focus of treatment was on improving fine motor skills (hand strength, grip strength, dexterity and manipulation), visual motor integration, ocular motor skills, and graphomotor skills/keyboarding as an alternate means to written communication. Participated in a variety of activities today with Richard during the holiday party. He was happy and participated well. Great session-