SJ met his new speech therapist on Thursday. She told my husband that she wasn't exactly sure where Miss J. left off. My husband told me to call her during the week and tell her what Miss J. had been working on. The new therapist worked on a comprehension story. SJ had to cut out coordinating pictures that went with the story to assist him in the retelling. The story was about a boy who loved thunderstorms. One night, he had a dream that there was a thunderstorm, but it wasn't raining. He jumped to look out the window and there were marshmallows falling instead of rain. His mom called him to wake up. When he sat up in his bed, he heard real raindrops. He realized that it would have been great if it was raining marshmallows since he was hungry. After he retold the story, SJ also had to answer questions about the story. SJ did well with this exercise. He only missed one question.
Next, she worked on Identifying Causes of Events. This is an exercise that Miss J. used each week. SJ answered most of the situations with reasonable responses. For example: Natalie worked all day in the yard raking and planting flowers. Why? The expected answer was that it is spring or she wanted her yard to look nice. SJ answered that she had chores to do. Not exactly the same, but definitely reasonable.
Last, she worked on practicing greetings. SJ doesn't really need help with this. He is remarkably social for a child on the spectrum. This is something I will express to her when I talk to her this week. Considering the change in therapists and practice exercises, SJ has a very good session.
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