after school speech part 3

Yesterday was SJ's bi-weekly speech therapy appointment.  The first thing that they worked on was an Inner Feelings worksheet.  There was a list of vocabulary words for various feelings. SJ had to define or describe them to his therapist.  There were 27 feeling words in total. Twelve of the words (ie: amused, ashamed, comfortable, etc.) SJ was not sure how to answer.  She helped him with those words and asked that I review them as homework.

Next, she presented him with a worksheet that had feeling sentences. Under the sentences, SJ had to write a word that expressed the appropriate feeling word from the word bank. Here is an example of one of the sentences.

Sally wonders what's in the odd-shaped package in the hall.

SJ chose the word curious.  His therapist said he really struggled with this activity.  I was a little surprised about that, considering he was provided with a word bank.  She asked me to review this for homework as well.  Additionally, she assigned him a homework sheet on emotions.  She asked me to give him situations in my life where I am mad, happy or sad.  He could then write about them on the provided worksheet.

Last, she mentioned to me that SJ told her he is experiencing frustration during English class. He said the teacher gives too many complicated directions.  He also told her that when he is frustrated, he asks to use the restroom.  (He has used this as a coping technique since kindergarten.)  I told her I would call his teacher and ask her to give him more simplified directions.  I was very happy that SJ felt comfortable enough with her to let her know how he is feeling.  This is a big step for him!