2nd post-behavioral strengths & challenges and communication strengths

Adam's behavioral strengths are that he responds well to reinforcement, the token system, prompting, and peer mediated intervention from his brother. He displays good perseverance when he engages in an activity he is interested in. He is able to follow simple 2-3 step directions depending on the request, displaying functional receptive language, has a good attention span, and cooperates approximately 75% of the time. He follows the rules unless over stimulated by therapy requests. In addition, Adam's verbal behavior from an OT perspective is that he has basic motor imitation, can mand for essential needs, intact echoic ability, able to tact, and has intraverbal skills on a concrete level of function. His behavioral challenges include inability to regulate between bothered and highly irate. He tends to become irritated and is unable to find the middle ground, resulting in a melt down. Adam is challenged by transitions and changes. These verbal behavior terms are from the the classroom lecture April 21, 2009.

Adam's communications strengths are that he is verbal, fluent, and articulate. He can express his basic needs. Adam often repeats phrases from the TV or video games even if they don't pertain to the current conversation. He does not require PECS or sign language to communicate his desires. He varies his intonation only when he is frustrated or really excited.