Notes from auditory verbal therapy and pre-op appoinment with Dr. Slater
Ian was asleep for our pre-op exam with Dr. Slater - we're scheduled for surgery tomorrow at 7:15 AM.
We ended up having most of our AV session with Amy and discussed some things we could do at home with Ian, as well as looked at recent progress. From our session today:Create an experience book to talk about about actions, common phrases,
and requests by taking photos of people Ian recognizes doing things.
Use this to model and set up Ian to ask for things. Use the syllable paper set that builds to three syllable words. Work with Ian in identifying and vocalizing shapes. Work on Ian identifying words in isolation vs in a sentence. Continue working on expansion (adding words and modifiers to words he
already knows). Also expand on the newly acquired action words (person plus action)
like "mommy walking". Start giving him two sets of directions, like "get your shoes ... And
go sit down." Work on identifying opposites: big/little, short/long, hard/soft -
take objects and hide them where he can touch them, and the work on
him identifying things by characteristic.
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