Essay On Clinic Observation

On March 14, I observed Mariah Filipi and Caitlin Wiehn from 1:15 to 1:45 in room A140 at the UNK clinic. The client was four years old and nonverbal. The goals of the day were to work on requests and functional language by using Sounding Board on an iPad.
The clinicians started the session by greeting the client. One clinician held the client and supported him while the other gave choices on the iPad of what activity he wanted to start off with. They provided many options as questions. The clinician asked him to choose, and he chose a book. The clinicians provided linguistic modeling with, “We found our book.” They also provided modeling with integrating American Sign Language. For example, when they were done with an activity, one clinician would sign and verbally communicate, “All done.” The other graduate clinician would guide the client’s hands in signing “all done.” When the client wasn’t satisfied with the activity, clinician redirected him to communicate through Sounding Board. He chose, “I
However, he did have some tantrums. He rolled around the floor and was crying. In response, the graduate clinician grabbed him to comfort him. They followed his lead the entire session, and were on his level, even when he proceeded to lay on the floor. He did elicit requests and functional language through the iPad. The client matched shapes and colors on the iPad successfully. He also communicated when he wanted to end a game, and when he wanted to keep playing a game. This was seen when finishing a matching game. The client requested, “I want”, “matching.” When this happened he would put his hands together to communicate the sign, “more.” When he was done with the game or activity he would try to sign, “All done.” He understood turn taking. When passing a train back and forth, the graduate clinician would click “my turn” or “her turn.” After a couple verbal prompts, the client chose “my turn” and “her turn” in the correct