Parent Observation Report

At the end of our last observation we watched a parent interview. During this observation we picked back up on this interview with the parent about her three year old boy. One of the first questions picking back up on this interview was the boy’s diet. The first question asked if his reflux made him have a limited diet. However, the mom emphasized that he is particular about how the food is arranged, but he’s not particular about what kind of food is on his plate. Next, the clinician asked what happens when the boy overstuffs his mouth. The mom replied by telling the clinician that there has been times where the boy chokes, but usually he will eat all of it or it will fall out of his mouth. When it came to drinking, the boy isn’t able to drink …show more content…
This screening involved the boy putting the baby bird in the bucket once he heard the mama bird in the headphones. First, the clinician sampled the activity with each other and reacted to the sound so the boy would understand the activity. However, the boy instead threw the baby bird in the bucket without hearing the stimulus. So even though the clinicians tried to condition him to wait, they were unsuccessful. We also noticed something the boy would do when he was possibly overwhelmed or didn’t want to do the activity. He would reach and go to the clinician for a hug. The clinician would then try to redirect him back to the activity. Furthermore, the next task involved the boy coloring on the paper. The goal in this activity was for the boy to produce sounds when making dots on the paper. For example, when making dots the clinician would produce /b/, /b/, /b/. The clinician wanted the boy to imitate and produce the sounds, but again was unsuccessful. When the boy wanted to change colors the clinician would hold the new marker by her face. That way the boy could possibly make eye contact, and so that he could see her mouth moving while she’s communicating and producing