On Thursday, SJ had his weekly speech therapy session. SJ's day started out in a particularly grumpy mood, so I wasn't surprised when he started to protest about going to speech. We let him grumble, but my husband still took him.
His therapist first worked on Identifying Problems and Solutions. She showed SJ a picture of a wounded girl sitting on a couch. She was holding a slip of paper that said she had a field trip in a few weeks. The story said she had been looking forward to a field trip for months. The week before the trip she fell and sprained her leg. Her doctor said she wouldn't be able to walk on it for three weeks. SJ had to identify the problem. The therapist indicated that he was able to do this. Then, he had to propose some solutions. SJ suggested that she could hop or use a wheelchair.
Next, she worked on Sentence Stories with him. She showed him a picture (example: A little girl, who is holding a present, sitting in Santa's lap.) and then he had to answer a few questions. He did fairly well with this exercise. When she showed him another Sentence Story picture, he had more difficulty with it. It was a picture of a girl lying on a couch. The sentence said that she went to her aunt's house for dinner. She ate too much food and got a stomachache. She went to lie down. SJ had trouble answering a few of the questions, such as when did she go to her aunt's house. The therapist had to underline key words in the sentence to give him assistance.
Considering the morning he started off with, I wasn't too surprised at his abilities today. He has a hard enough time focusing when he is feeling 100%, let alone when he is tired and cranky. Hopefully, next time he we will be more rested and better able to focus.
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