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Tony made many requests today, including some made after we finished working which were not counted. He also requested something new, “shake”. To redirect him today I took Tony’s sippy cup and shook it while saying “shake, shake, shake”. When Lane(OT) arrived and they used scissors and play-doh, Tony requested “cut”. He seemed to like the sound and thought this was funny. Later he asked for “shake” and handed me his cup. Then he did it on his own. Tony also manded for: jump, bounce, aah choo, aah boom, roll, crayon (approx), open, all done, clean up, what’s this, eat, and mom. His tacts included: tree, cup, chair, Blue’s Clues, fork, crayon, duck, cat, all colors (including white), ball, shapes (including moon and diamond), body parts (finger, mouth, arm, eyes, ear), hat, shoes, numbers, tube, car, stick, and wheel. Some of these words are clear and some are approximations. He also echoed many words and sounds such as “swish”, “grrr”, and “vrroom”.

Tony did the intraverbals really well, too. He sang “Row, row,…”, filling in “row” and “Ring Around…”, filling in “down”. Tony also filled in “high”, “star” with “Twinkle, Twinkle”, and “wheels” and “round” for “Wheels on The Bus”. Tony stomped, clapped, stomped, and tried drawing shapes for “do this”. He also touched various body parts while using Mr. Potato Head, both with me and w/Lane. With OT Tony worked on cutting w/scissors, picking up pieces of dough with a fork and spoon, and he briefly wore his weighted vest.

Tony matched his blocks easily and also his paper shapes w/out problem. We worked at the table some and on the floor some. We drew, matched and tacted at the table. Tony gave me a crayon and said “circle” so I drew one and he went giggled. Then I would have him draw. Tony really enjoyed me drawing pictures of objects and making the sounds. He echoed the cow sound and later I asked him the sound and he said “moo”. He tacted “cat” but didn’t make the sound when I asked so I did it but he didn’t echo “meow”. He responded with the car and bus, though. Also, Tony tacted pictures in his metal book, which has magnetic shapes that you place onto the correct spots.

Outside Tony ran around, dropped acorns in a basketball hoop, tacted objects, and asked “what’s this”. Then Tony was getting tired and started tripping over his own feet. He said “bye” and ran to the front door and said “open” (still working on “door” part). Then Tony came inside and went to take a nap. Considering that when I came in this morning and Tony was very upset (not wanting to wear pants, crying), it’s just great that he calmed down, focused, and accomplished so much! Just an excellent day for ABA and OT!!