after school speech part 18

Well, it was our last session with SJ's current speech therapist.  She is taking another job, so SJ is going to be assigned to another therapist.  I am very excited for her life change, but I am sad to see her go.  She was such a great speech therapist.  We have been very lucky with speech therapists, occupational therapists and TSS's (except for the one whose name indicated she had a pleasant personality, but that was not the case!).  SJ should be fine with the new therapist.  I don't anticipate any drama.

The current therapist worked on Problem Solving and Identifying Cause and Effect.  She said that SJ did very well with the problem solving exercises.  She had SJ read a story and then she reread it to him.  SJ then had to answer questions about the Main Idea and Details and Problem Solving questions.  She reported that he did very well with this activity.  She had to give him a few prompts, but overall she seemed pleasantly surprised with his ability. 

Next, she worked on the Cause and Effect situations. She has been working on this for a few weeks now.  There were 16 situations and he only had difficulty with 4 of them.  That is great for SJ.  An example:  Ellen is buying a new refrigerator.  Why?  She wanted him to respond with the old refrigerator stopped working or she wants a different one.  SJ answered that Ellen is selling her old one.  Not the perfect answer, but it is a plausible effect.  The ones that he had trouble with will be his homework for the week. 

Miss J, if you are reading this entry, SJ will continue to work hard and use the strategies that you have taught him.  Good luck to you and you will be missed and always remembered!