Last Tuesday, SJ had his bi-weekly speech therapy session. At the beginning of his session, I told his therapist that we were going to have to move his sessions to a night other than Tuesday (Bob has soccer games on Tuesday nights). While he was in his session, I asked the receptionist about the change of days. She said they didn't have anything open at the present time, but she would let me know when an open slot occurred.
When SJ was finished, his therapist said they continued working on the testing. She said that took most of his session's time. It is focusing on social interactions with others. She feels that he needs more of the conversational speech training and social interaction training, so that is what his new therapist will work on going forward. I agree with her 100%. She also said that he chatted with her about his friend, Brennan, moving away. He told her he was sad that he had to move away (we were all sad about that).
I told her his next session will be his last Tuesday. I hope he gets a new night slot soon, but SJ will enjoy his slight "vacation" from speech for the time being.
Monday, August 17, 2015
summer reading session #11
Last Tuesday, SJ was very grumpy when my dad had to wake him to get ready for his reading session with Mrs. Banks. He woke him 45 minutes before he had to be there (9:15 a.m.), but SJ was not happy with having to get up "so early". I guess he is really becoming a teenager! (He is going to be in for all sorts of trouble when he has to start getting up at 6 for the school bus.)
Mrs. Banks told me that SJ was furious with my dad and was complaining about him a lot at the start of their session. She said once she got him to stop complaining about "Pap" he was very attentive. She said he is starting to really enjoy the silliness of the book. She was impressed that he was even pointing out the impossible parts of the story to her. SJ said they read about three chapters during the session.
She also told me that she gave SJ a suggestion to avoid fighting with my dad the next Tuesday. She told him to set the alarm on his phone and then his grandfather wouldn't have to bother him to wake him up. Wonder if he will listen to her and try her suggestion? I guess we will have to wait until tomorrow to find out.
Mrs. Banks told me that SJ was furious with my dad and was complaining about him a lot at the start of their session. She said once she got him to stop complaining about "Pap" he was very attentive. She said he is starting to really enjoy the silliness of the book. She was impressed that he was even pointing out the impossible parts of the story to her. SJ said they read about three chapters during the session.
She also told me that she gave SJ a suggestion to avoid fighting with my dad the next Tuesday. She told him to set the alarm on his phone and then his grandfather wouldn't have to bother him to wake him up. Wonder if he will listen to her and try her suggestion? I guess we will have to wait until tomorrow to find out.
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
summer speech session #8
Also on last Tuesday, SJ had his bi-weekly speech therapy session. I had my dad tell him to be ready to go as soon as I got home from work. SJ was arguing with my dad and I (over text messages) that he didn't have speech this week. I informed that indeed he did and he would need to be ready to go at 5:30. He was more than a little crabby on the route from our house to speech therapy. I reminded him that there would be McDonald's waiting for him when his session was over. That softened his mood slightly.
His therapist told me she was going to do some testing on him for most of the session. She said it had been quite some time since anyone had tested him. I told her that would be fine and reminded her that he may want to tell her about our vacation.
When he came out, she told me that he did very well. She said she only got through a portion of the testing, since SJ was so excited to tell her about his vacation adventures. Initially, he was monopolizing the conversation, but then he remembered to include her. He would ask her, "Have you ever zip lined?" after he was talking about doing that. He also asked her if she has been to the beach and if she liked it. She was very happy that she didn't have to give him a lot of prompts to have him engage her in the conversation. That is definitely progress!
His therapist told me she was going to do some testing on him for most of the session. She said it had been quite some time since anyone had tested him. I told her that would be fine and reminded her that he may want to tell her about our vacation.
When he came out, she told me that he did very well. She said she only got through a portion of the testing, since SJ was so excited to tell her about his vacation adventures. Initially, he was monopolizing the conversation, but then he remembered to include her. He would ask her, "Have you ever zip lined?" after he was talking about doing that. He also asked her if she has been to the beach and if she liked it. She was very happy that she didn't have to give him a lot of prompts to have him engage her in the conversation. That is definitely progress!
summer reading session #10
Mrs. Banks said that he was really interested in discussing the book and, of course, our vacation. She told me this is a sequel to a book read in 6th grade reading class.
She noted that he was having some difficulty with understanding some of the humorous concepts such as "There are dead rats living in the basement." She said he didn't understand that sentence at all. She further added that she had to explain it in detail for him to grasp the concept.
I told her that I know that is a tough concept for him to understand. She agreed and said that is why she decided to use this book in the summer since she would have more time to teach him these non-literal concepts.
When I returned home from work, I asked SJ about his reading session. He said, "It was fine. That is a funny book." I am glad he is enjoying it despite some of the troubles he is having with the comprehension. Hopefully, next week it will be a little easier for him.
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