First Day!

I don't have much time to write a post because I have plenty of other things to do but I thought I'd do a quick update. The first day went well! I think that my client likes me and responded really well to everything. He especially loved the ball game and science experiment. Best moment: as we were leaving I asked him if he had fun and he said "Can we do it all again on Thursday?"

I left the session feeling a little down because I wanted to be perfect but, luckily, I recorded the whole hour and after relistening to it, I feel like I actually did pretty well. You know when you say things and in your head you get a "palm meet face" feeling? I definitely felt that a few times. One time in particular... we were playing the ball/categories game. We were on the being a kid category and my thumb landed on red (meaning I had to say something I disliked about it). Of course I said "The thing I disliked about being a kid was when grown-ups told me what to do!" I then realized that I, as an adult, expect him to do exactly what I want him to do.

Speaking of being a kid though. We were in the same being a kid category and I joked that I would have to really think back to what it was like being a kid. He looked at me confused and said, "Aren't you a kid?" I said, "No, I'm a little older than kids." And he said, "You don't look like an old lady."

Anyway, to wrap things up: I have a lot of learning to do especially with writing SOAP notes and figuring out my objectives. However, I feel like we really connected and it'll be a lot of fun working together this semester. I got a lot of good ideas about what he likes so I'll try to mold those things into every activity-- yay for "get to know you" games!

We all need a little something to laugh at after a long day of school/therapy