Friday, September 21, 2012
Observing Communication
When looking for an observation, I found it hard to, since I’m with my son all day, every day and focusing on running after him myself all the time. My son has a developmental specialist come and help with his speech so I decided to observe, as I always do, whenever she comes to play with my son. My son is always so excited when he sees her each time, he jumps around and dances and screams her name happily. Whenever he did something correct or answered a question, they would high five and she’d say good job. She pulls out toys that she knows he likes or she asks him to help her open the bag and find a toy to pick out. He always pulls out pretend play pooh house or books or puzzles about trucks, his favorite thing of all. They also color at times and when they do, they color together on the same piece of paper but she always asks him questions throughout play and almost asks what they should do or asks permission to color with him or play with him. It is usually a regular conversation that I would have, almost an automatic interaction trying to let him use the words to communicate. She focuses more on the sounds of words and allowing him to find the words for things when she asks what a toy is and such, so I honestly have taken her lead over the past few months and imitate what she does in hopes to bring out more words. I don’t think I would have done anything differently then she would. How she handles situations with my son is very positive and he seems comfortable with her and is playful and enjoys his time with her, along with the fact of how well he responds to her, seems to answer her questions and is able to speak for her as well.
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Jaime,
ReplyDeleteWonderful post. I loved most of my son's therapists as well. He did have one therapist that did a decent job getting him to respond, but she often spoke "over his head" (which was odd since she was a speech therapist). However, all of his (he had two of each)OTs, Pts, and DTs were very good at getting down on his level, interesting him, helping him transition by having him help put up the activity, and helping him gain skills. His early childhood intervention experience is why I desire to become a developmental therapist.
Great post, Jaime!
Jaime, your son seems to have a great therapist. I think being able to communicate effectively to children of various ages is imperative. It is not beneficial if a child does not understand what we are saying or asking of them. It also seems to show your son's therapist is also very patient. Good post! :)
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