Red Monologue

Upon entering the room, Red did not appear interested in the observer. He continued to play as though nothing had changed. Red appeared to be very reliant on his mother and insisted that she play with him. He engaged her with unclear language and showed her what he is playing with. Red began playing with toy popsicles, which had the alphabet labeled on them. He was able to recognize each of the letters, and could place them in order. Red was also able to place an upper case letter with its equivalent lower case letter. Each popsicle had a different letter on the back, and Red became very frustrated that he could not use both the front and the back in alphabetically organizing the popsicles. As he became frustrated, he began yelling at his mother with unclear language. His mother calmly enunciated each word back to him until he had calmed down and began to speak in a …show more content…
He began talking to himself in an unintelligible language, which he seemed to understand. However, when his mother inquired about how he was doing he would respond in clear English. After about fifteen minutes, Red came out from his play area and began reenacting a scene from a monster truck show, which he had been watching. He engaged his mother to participate and directed him on what to do. Red stopped and walked over to his changing station and grabbed a diaper. He took the diaper to his mother and asked her “please put on”. Once he has a clean diaper on, Red walked over to the dog and began inspecting his eyes and ears. He even opened the dog’s mouth and looked inside. After the inspection, Red insisted on washing his hands. He appeared to think that they were very dirty. At the end of the observation, Red climbed up on the couch and began watching a children’s show. Red never appeared to acknowledge the observer, and according to his mother he stayed with his normal