after school speech part 16

SJ had his weekly speech therapy yesterday. His therapist worked on Identifying Causes of Events. She showed him a picture and he had to answer 3 questions. For example: He was shown a picture of a very dirty fireman coming into the firehouse. Question 1: This firefighter just got back to the firehouse. What caused him to leave the firehouse before? SJ answered that there was a fire. Question 2: When the firefighter returned, he did something else. What did he do? SJ answered that he had to take off his uniform. Question 3: What causes a firefighter, an ambulance, and a police officer to go to the same place at the same time? SJ answered that there could be an emergency.

He was able to answer question 1 on his own. His therapist had to give him some prompts to answer questions 2 and 3. The most shocking thing about this exercise is that SJ wrote out the answers. Usually, his therapist scribes his answers. SJ hates writing, so my husband questioned why she had him write his responses. She told him that SJ insisted on doing the writing. That is progress in my book!

She also went over some situations that did not have visual aids. For example: Luanne practices the piano for 20 minutes every day. Why? SJ had to give her an answer. Some acceptable responses would have been to learn to play better, to get ready for her piano lesson or because her parents make her practice. The therapist said that SJ had some difficulty giving causes for these situations. That is his homework for this week.

I am going to try to take him next week (weather permitting), because I want to go over his test results with her. (I have asked my husband to have her make a copy, but I have yet to see it!) I know the results weren't great, but I would like to see the areas where he has the most difficulty. I am going to share the test results with his in-school speech therapist, so she can possibly address some of these issues in her sessions. Overall, he had another good session.