BEHAVIORAL 
Strengths:
*Sensory: Calmed by pacifier, blanket, stuffed animals, and deep pressure input (on her terms).
*Attention: Good attention to task and participation in activities that include pictures, books, and puzzles. Improved on-task behavior for fast-paced presentation of activities.
Strengths:
*Sensory: Calmed by pacifier, blanket, stuffed animals, and deep pressure input (on her terms).
*Attention: Good attention to task and participation in activities that include pictures, books, and puzzles. Improved on-task behavior for fast-paced presentation of activities.
Challenges:
* Sensory Processing Differences to include:
-Low Registration: i.e. under responsive to name, inattentive.
-Sensory Sensitivity: i.e. limited food intake, minimal tactile exploration.
-Sensation Avoiding i.e. avoiding of certain sounds like vacuum cleaner.
-Sensation Seeking: spinning self and/or toys, fast paced television programs.
-Difficulty Regulating States: immediate aggressive response to stressors, difficulty sleeping.
*Injurious Behaviors: Head banging, digging, scratching, and pulling own hair.
*Aggressive Toward Mother: hits and pinches.
*Rigid Need for Routine.
* Difficulty "waiting"
COMMUNICATIVE
Strengths:
* Is occasionally able to communicate desires via pointing.
* Is quickly mastering identification of simple labels.
* Is beginning to sign "more".
* Is beginning to ask for help.
* Increased jargoning
* Sensory Processing Differences to include:
-Low Registration: i.e. under responsive to name, inattentive.
-Sensory Sensitivity: i.e. limited food intake, minimal tactile exploration.
-Sensation Avoiding i.e. avoiding of certain sounds like vacuum cleaner.
-Sensation Seeking: spinning self and/or toys, fast paced television programs.
-Difficulty Regulating States: immediate aggressive response to stressors, difficulty sleeping.
*Injurious Behaviors: Head banging, digging, scratching, and pulling own hair.
*Aggressive Toward Mother: hits and pinches.
*Rigid Need for Routine.
* Difficulty "waiting"
COMMUNICATIVE
Strengths:
* Is occasionally able to communicate desires via pointing.
* Is quickly mastering identification of simple labels.
* Is beginning to sign "more".
* Is beginning to ask for help.
* Increased jargoning
Challenges:
* Severe limitations in receptive and expressive language (verbal and nonverbal) for age.
* Poor to fair engagement
* Uses whining and aggression to communicate
* Does not read facial expressions
* Does not know purpose of language
Recent team meeting: decided to implement a picture schedule board
Recent team meeting: decided to implement a picture schedule board
Hey Meg, how is the picture schedule going? Have you or the team been able to implement it? I am thinking that it may help a lot with prediction/expectation of what is next, etc..... - joan
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