Speech Therapy

I was too tired to post last night. :(
The first Speech Therapy session I was able to attend was yesterday afternoon at 3. Rob's Speech Therapist's name is Kris.
Rob's session began with asking him to answer the usual questions: Do you know where you are? Do you know why you're in the hospital? What's the date today? He still can't answer those questions. Kris wrote the answers down and explained to Rob that he can look at the paper to find the answers.
She then moved on to asking him about his day. She looked to me to provide the accurate information and sometimes had to give Rob a choice between two possible answers. Kris explained to me that it's important to talk to Rob clearly and simply. Sometimes, instead of leaving a question open-ended, we should provide two possible answers for him to choose from. Also, we might have to have Rob repeat things to make sure he understands, and rephrasing may be helpful for him. Some examples she said were: Rob, what did you have for lunch? Ham or a hamburger? (He had ham.) Do cats have feathers? (Rob said yes.) Do you know what feathers are, Rob? (He said yes.) What kind of animal has feathers? (He said birds.) Yes, birds have feathers. Do cats have feathers? (Rob said no.) Right. Cats do not have feathers. They have fur.
Kris had Rob do some writing, too. He's fixated on numbers! She asked me what was with numbers. I told her that he has to write a lot of numbers at work. :P
She did some questions with him and reviewed the original questions, too, trying to get him to look to his paper to find the answers. He did okay with that. He's still not completely understanding everything, but she told me that he didn't do well at all previously and has made an improvement, which is excellent.
Today, I was told he'll be provided a Memory Book. Kris is going to put together a book of answers for Rob to go to when he gets asked usual questions. She told him that it's better to have to look up the answer and get it right, than to take a guess and be wrong. Again, this is all training for me, too. Instead of just jumping in to help him with the answer, I need to patiently assist him to find the answer from another source. ;)
So, for any who are planning to visit, just keep in mind that overstimulation gets Rob really agitated. Things need to be simple. A tell-tale sign that he's getting frustrated is that he starts to bounce his leg. Either that, or he'll swear at you. :P He swore at his OT person yesterday when he got frustrated with Tic-Tac-Toe. You can't say I didn't warn you! ;)