Clinic Observation

In our first video of the semester, we watch a three year old boy in a clinic setting. The first activity in the video involved correctly producing /s/ as the goal while playing with toy cars on a toy road. The clinician first demonstrated the activity by putting her car on the track and then pushing the car forward while producing /s/ along the road. The clinician described the /s/ to be the car’s leaky tire, in order to elicit the /s/ sound. Furthermore, when the clinician demonstrated the activity she would emphasize the /s/ sound. This will help the child to hear and understand that sound. Plus, the clinician calls attention to the oral cavity. During the activity the boy correctly produced the /s/ while doing the activity, but he had …show more content…
First, she remained calm the whole time during this activity, even when the child was distracted and not on task. Watching this activity I feel that this could be very frustrating since the child is not completing the goal as well as it was probably planned. Plus, she tried to keep the activity fast paced to keep the boy into the activity. Also during the video we saw the clinician was recording data and checking the time as the activity went along. I think this is a positive point because it displays that she is capable of quickly switching from task to task, by giving her attention to the boy then quickly jotting notes down. In addition, the clinician did a good job of modeling the /s/ multiple times and in an exaggerated way, to help the child hear the correct production of the sound. Finally, a very important point the clinician did was give a lot of positive reinforcement. Multiple times during the activity the clinician said positive words and encouragement like, “good job” and “good work.” She even said these words when the child did not stay on task or correctly produce /s/. These positive reinforces allow the child to become more confident in himself and his abilities. Another positive reinforce the clinician did during the activity was calling attention to when he produced a spontaneous /s/ correctly. For example, the boy was able to say the /s/ in “fast” correctly. The clinician …show more content…
This was done to help figure out what problems the child may have, when it started, what the cause is, and if he has seen help in the past. This child was also a three year old boy. During this interview, the interviewer and mother were on one side of the room while the child was playing with a helper on the other side of the room. The reason they were there was to try to get extra help for speech, but the mom stated that they would need a diagnosis in order for insurance to cover therapy. The mother stated her child had trouble with speaking and eating issues. First, he only spoke about 100-150 different words, which is extremely low for a three year old. Plus, he signed words more than he spoke, and when he did prefer to speak it was around a MLU of one. Therefore the mother stated that she is using pictures and symbols with him, and he comprehended more words than he produced. When it comes to eating, he only eats in a specific way. There needed to be a small amount of food placed in the center of the plate. If not, then he throws his food onto the floor. The mother believed this was due to being overwhelmed or stressed, therefore he might have a sensory issue. Another indicator to a sensory issue is that he didn’t like getting dressed. Next, the clinician asks about the progress he’s making. When he is school 3 days a week and therapy outside of school once a week, he displayed