Today was a short day with Tony. I came early and worked on the food. He chose to eat hot dogs and I started prompting him to say “eat hot dog.” He echoed this a few times and I got about 5 strong mands out of him during his breakfast.

After eating and watching some of the Wiggles, Tony headed in to work and Parker started with “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.” Jay, how should we record data if Tony is doing the actions during the song, but not making the verbalizations to “pat tour head” etc.?

We got through some of the activities and even tried a new receptive drill. We had Tony put Mr. Potato Head parts in cups of different colors. I asked Tony, “Put the ear in the red cup.” Tony did well with this and really enjoyed the hugging and bouncing as a reinforcer. I think we’re going to try this again tomorrow since it went pretty well.

Tony was getting tired very early and because speech was cancelled, we decided to give him a change of scenery and some exercise at the park. He had such a blast swinging and sliding. It was good for him to get all his energy out before the car ride to Myrtle Beach to see his sissy. That’s all for today!