summer speech therapy

Today, SJ had speech therapy at his new summer time.  I have it scheduled so that it doesn't interfere with his pool time.  He goes once a week for 1/2 hour.  He doesn't like going.  There always is grumbling, but once he is there he seems fine.  We had a different therapist today.  This change doesn't throw him off anymore.  I used to have to do much preparation explaining when a change like this occurred.  SJ has been going to speech for such a long time (since he was 2 1/2) that he is old hat at it.  He has been working on antonyms, synonyms and conversational speech.  He has a lot of trouble with antonyms, but he can do alright with synonyms with some phonemic clues.  I wanted the speech therapists to work on the antonym/synonym skill.  I think this will help him with his comprehension difficulties that he has had in school.  The therapist told me that he did struggle with the antonyms, but did fairly well with the synonyms.  She did have to give him a few clues.  She also said he did well with his conversational speech.  This made me very happy considering she was a new therapist for him.  He had some trouble remembering to follow the "Give Me 5" rules.  He knows them, but he doesn't always want to follow them.  The rules are:  1. Eyes on the person talking, 2. Ears listening, 3. Body still, 4. Hands free and 5. Mouth quiet.  Number 5 is the one that SJ has the most trouble with.  He doesn't like to be told to be quiet or to be hushed.  Even though he had some difficulties with the exercises she did with him, he did a good job today.