after school speech part 24

On Thursday, SJ had his weekly speech session. His regular therapist was absent, so SJ had a substitute. His therapist must have told him that she wasn't going to be there, so he kept insisting that he didn't have speech. I reassured him that he did. "Didn't you cancel my appointment, Mom?" he asked. "No, I did not," I replied. He was a little whiny about it right before my husband came to get him, but I wasn't budging on this issue. Once he got there, he was fine. He was just trying to get out of going.

His regular therapist didn't get to everything that she had scheduled for last week, so the substitute picked up where she left off. She began the session by working on Inferences. She read SJ some sentences and he was to visual in his mind what was happening. Then, he needed to answer the question that she asked.

For example: Becky is carrying her umbrella when it starts to rain. What will happen next? He was to answer that she will open her umbrella.

He did very well at this activity. My husband said the therapist reported that he got most of the responses correct. She also worked on Main Ideas with him. She read him a small paragraph (about 3-5 sentences) and he had to indicate what the main idea was. She said he did well with this also.

Considering that he was grumblier about going and had a substitute, he did fine this week. If fine is all we get on one of these days that is okay with me.