summer speech part 3

Yesterday, SJ had his weekly speech appointment.  She didn't conduct any testing, but worked on his speech lessons.  She focused on writing with him.  She had him pick a topic (he picked "pool") and then he had to decide what the main idea was going to be (he wrote "Things I like at the pool").  She also had him state four supporting details. 

His details were 1. Learned how to dive.  2.  Diving board is a block.  3. There's a slide.  4. Playground.
She had to give him a few prompts to come up with some of the supporting details.  He never wants to elaborate on the details.  He usually just says his standard, "I don't know." 

She was going to have him write the words, but he kept complaining that he was "so tired".  She opted to scribe for him, but the words are his.  This is his story.

Things I like to do at the pool.

     Last year, I learned how to dive.  I was confused because the diving board was a block instead of a board!  When I was little, I couldn't dive, but after learning to dive and practicing, I got better.  Now, I am a good diver.

She then asked him what the main idea was and he responded "Diving".  I wish he would have given more supporting details, but I feel that he did well for his abilities.  He could have added a detail about the slide and the playground.  I also thought it was very smart of her to allow him to pick the topic.  If he is familiar or likes a topic, you get much more work out of SJ.

She also worked on some pragmatics with him.  She had him look at pictures and scenarios.  She wanted to see if he could tell her what the problem in each picture was.  She also wanted him to give her solutions to fix the problems in the scenarios. 

She said that SJ did fairly well with this exercise.  I wasn't very surprised, because when he is presented with a visual he always has an easier time. 

She didn't give us any homework this week, but I am not complaining.  (And neither is SJ!)