after school speech part 15

The weather was predicted to be a little sketchy on Thursday, but it seemed fine enough to make it to speech.  When my husband got there with SJ, his therapist told him she was going to go over the tests results.  My husband said she seemed a little nervous to give us the results, but we are realists.  We know that SJ struggles in many areas.  We would rather know all the facts (even the unpleasant ones), so we know how to help him.  He didn't score very high, so she will continue to work on his comprehension and inferencing skills.  We already assumed this would be the outcome, so now we just have to move forward.

She went over Problem Solving with him at Thursday’s session.  She showed him a picture and there was a two paragraph story.  The story was about a girl who got new skates.  Her mom had told her not to wear them until she got a helmet and pads.  The girl knew they couldn't get the pads and helmet until the weekend.  When her mom was taking a nap the next day, the girl decided to try them out without the helmet and pads.  Of course, she lost her balance and got hurt.  The picture shows the girl crying on the ground wearing her skates. 

Now, SJ had to answer some questions.  First, there were three questions on the main idea and details.  He was able to answer two of the three correctly (yeah!).  Next, there were five questions on problem solving.  He answered 4 out of the 5 questions correctly (a little shocking!).  The why questions gave SJ the most difficulty.  For example:   Why did she fall down so easily?  He should have answered that she wasn't used to her new skates. 

Last, he had to do a writing prompt.  The prompt was "What are some safety rules to follow when you are skating or riding a bike?"  SJ answered with these three items.

1.  Wear a helmet and pads. 

2.  Tell your parents when you are going to ride your bike. 

3.  Look for cars.

We will continue to work on having SJ do some problem solving activities at home.  Hopefully, the additional practice and therapy will improve his test scores in the future.