In this segment from Eric's music therapy session, we see some fairly common autism characteristics -- echolalia, some difficulty in maintaining focus and a bit of stimming (the stimming is something we never really discouraged, it seemed to help him burn off energy and regroup). We loved how the music therapist, Kim, kept the sessions fun and interactive and was always providing positive comments and feedback to Eric. Kim was working with Eric on some language goalssuch as:
• Request preferred object/activity with minimal prompts and/or using one descriptor (size, color, number) 2x per session 50% of sessions (i.e. "I want two shakers" or "I want yellow shakers").
• Respond to simple yes/no questions from the therapist using a complete sentence (i.e.: "Yes please", or "No thank you") with minimal prompts 2x per session 50% of sessions.
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