Clinical Reflection Paper

After speaking to the supervisor, I was told that there weren’t specific goals when it came to this young client. He is being seen in the clinic because he has severe autism and is almost completely nonverbal. With him being nonverbal, it can make therapy very difficult to carry out. During the session, it was observed that they were working on letting him make choices, hand over hand work, and giving him plenty of exposure to language. The only goal given was to elicit any kind of response from the client.

What strategies/methods/materials were used to help the client achieve the goals? As to be expected with a child this young, the session was broken down into several different segments that was offset with periods of free time where the client got to choose what he wanted to play with. The first portion was getting the client to put together the Easter Bunny that the clinician had brought for him. The child had to put on the ears, eyes, arms, cape, and

The clinician just seemed to pay close attention to what the client was doing during the session, the things he liked, the things he didn’t like, as to plan and use that information in the next session. During the session, the clinician did appear to be doing the client’s end of the semester checklist, to compare this semester to past semesters, and see what progress may have been made.

What plans were communicated to the client or family for the next session? Seeing as how the map had such great results with the client, it was sent home with the mother to be worked on through the week and see if the client continues to respond in the same manner. It was also asked for the mother to receive the client’s IEP (Individualized Education Plan) from the school and bring it to the next session. This was to help the clinician who would have the client next semester.

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