We returned to our normal speech session last Thursday. SJ told his therapist all about our trip to Erie. She said he spent more than a few minutes giving her details about the trip. Even though his chattiness took away from some of the therapy time, she seemed okay with it since he was communicating with her.
He told her about swimming in the lake, riding the rides at Waldameer and enjoying the water park. He told her that his favorite part of our trip was playing in the waves at the lake. That was good to hear, but it wasn't what I thought he would have said. I would have guessed he enjoyed the amusement park the most, so it is interesting to hear what he really feels.
When she got him back on task, they continued to work on their Kennywood story. She said they used their Venn diagram to establish more details about rides. They then used the visual cues to develop supporting details. She said she had to give him some assistance with the sentence writing.
I would have thought at this point of SJ's life he would be more independent with his organization of his thoughts. However, he is still very reliant on his therapist (or school aide) to start him out with sentence development. Oh well, I am sure he will get more and more independent as he matures. Fingers crossed!
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