Monday, November 23, 2009

Speech Therapy Session 1

Andrea started her first speech therapy session last Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. We brought some things needed for her assessment like rice and viand, banana, a cracker, chiffon cake, water and the utensils she usually use.

And here's the result:

For FEEDING SKILLS, this is to assess integrity of oral structures during feeding.
Activity used: Feeding of banana, chiffon cake and rice and tuna.
Andrea's Rate: Can do better.
Remarks: She still used primitive biting pattern, usually sucks and suckles, movement of tongue noted given input and prompts.


For ORAL STIMULATION , this is to provide sensory input to address mobility/strength of lips, cheeks, jaw and tongue.
Activity Used: Feeding session, passive exercise, and face massage.
Andrea's Rate: Can do better.
Remarks: Lip lateralization are spontaneous, given input to do tongue elevation and lateralization.


For PRECURSIVE LANGUAGE SKILLS,
   a) reach for help
   b) regulate/ask
   c) identification/show recognition
Activity Used: infortalk, sound-producing toys, shape sorter
Andrea's Rate: Can do better.
Remarks: Generally guided most of the time. Can identify mommy, daddy by reaching.

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