This document provides information for a 45 minute therapy session with an 18 month old client diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The goal is to improve joint attention. The session includes three activities - creating a schedule, toy exploration, and playing a game. Each activity includes 5-10 step descriptions, objectives to measure, materials needed, and clinical reasoning for choosing the activity to match the client's needs and work on joint attention.
This document provides information for a 45 minute therapy session with an 18 month old client diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The goal is to improve joint attention. The session includes three activities - creating a schedule, toy exploration, and playing a game. Each activity includes 5-10 step descriptions, objectives to measure, materials needed, and clinical reasoning for choosing the activity to match the client's needs and work on joint attention.
This document provides information for a 45 minute therapy session with an 18 month old client diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. The goal is to improve joint attention. The session includes three activities - creating a schedule, toy exploration, and playing a game. Each activity includes 5-10 step descriptions, objectives to measure, materials needed, and clinical reasoning for choosing the activity to match the client's needs and work on joint attention.
Diagnosis and any Precautions: (1) Autism spectrum disorder
Goal/s being addressed: (1) Edric will demonstrate improved joint attention as evidenced by responding to joint attention bids from therapist in 3/5 opportunities, over 2 consecutive sessions, for increased participation in play Prep Activity Skill-based activity Occupation-based activity Creating schedule and hunting for toys (15 minutes): 1. Therapist will first create a visual schedule with E. using a white board while Toy exploration (15 minutes): telling him about the 1. Therapist will bring a variety of session’s activities. E. can small toys into treatment room Playing a game (15 minutes): choose where he would for E. to explore. If appropriate, 1. Therapist will allow E. to like to play with prompts a water table and toys can be choose a simple game from from therapist. used. 2-3 options (e.g. racing toy 2. For the first activity, 2. Therapist will set out a few toys cars, building a tower, ball therapist will “hide” small and allow E. to guide the play, shape sorting or puzzle, toys or animals around the exploration. bubbles). room and turn on some 3. Therapist will join in E.’s play by 2. Therapist will demonstrate the calming music in the copying what he does. activity by taking the first turn background. 4. Therapist will gradually attempt and then passing it on, saying 3. Therapist will encourage E. to engage E. in shared “your turn” Intervention Activities to find the toys. If he needs exploration (i.e. handing him a 3. E. will practice playing the (2 per column) help, therapist can new toy, giving him a toy that simple game with therapist demonstrate and use toy to requires help and prompting narration and prompting (i.e. get E.’s attention. him to ask appropriately for it) “now we race the cars on the 4. Therapist will provide 5. Therapist will continue to share track… good job your car reinforcement each time E. in E.’s play using imitation, won!”) finds a toy. verbal narration of the activities, 4. When he gets bored or stops 5. Therapist will carry a and positive reinforcement attending to the activity, E.=- bucket/basket alongside E. when he attends to therapist. can choose a new simple and encourage him to 6. Therapist can bring out new game to play with therapist place the toys/animals in toys and expect E. to ask or 5. Repeat steps 2-3 with new their ‘home’ after he finds gesture appropriately to play activity(s). them. with it
Describe the activity; be specific
and detailed giving 5-10 steps. Give estimated time per activity. Specific Objectives for this List 2-3 specific objectives per activity activity that you plan to measure (2 per column) during client performance.
List the materials that you will
Activity Demands (setting, need and how you will set up the materials, and equipment) environment and activity. (2 per column) State 2 ways to grade/adapt the activity or environment.
Clinical Reasoning (2 per
column) Why did you choose this activity? (what approach are you using and/or frame of reference; how does this activity match the child’s needs?)