Child: Mason Stewart Clinician: Taylor Stoll

Age: 9 WEEK #: 3
Date: 1/26 & 1/28 Semester: Spring 2016
Time: 5pm

Major Goal: To write his name, Mason Stewart, in cursive on wide ruled notebook paper
from oral presentation. Letters touch the line with letters appropriately formed and spaced,
dynamic tripod grasp; process characteristics present in 10 of 12 letters. 1 attempt will be
given.

OBJECTIVES ACTIVITY COMMENTS

Gross Motor Control Day 1
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Balance (Static/Dynamic): Calm before the Storm; Mason must prove that he is
competent to race in todays race by standing on a compliant disk or bosu ball. Racecar
drivers must stay calm and still while driving, any sudden movements could cause them to
crash. Mason will stand with two feet on the disk for 20 seconds. If he does this well, then I
will have him close his eyes and try to stand for 10 seconds. I also may try to see if he can
handle standing on one foot on the bosu for 5 seconds. Each time he balances the full
time, he can put a car on the racetrack.
PC: feet and legs together, tight core, focus straight ahead

Comments: I think that Mason liked this activity, but I could tell that he was bored with it.
Also, I learned not to trick him with timing the activity. He balanced well on the compliant
disk, but he could still work on balancing on 2 foot on a mushroom. His ankles seemed
weak and he fell back a few times.

Body Projection: Red Light Green Light; Mason will race one or both of the other
clinicians to the finish line. All participants will start against the wall and when I say green
light you hop as fast as you can to the finish line on the opposite side of the room. When I
say red light everyone must stop. If you do not stop then you are out. If he wins the race
3 times, then he can move his racecar toward the finish line. Ext: If I say yellow light you
have to hop slowly. I will also try to trick Mason to make sure that he is listening by saying
red light twice in a row.
PC: tongue in mouth, arms swing together, hopping in straight line, holding balance on 1
foot during red light

Comments: Mason really got excited with this activity. He enjoyed racing against Sam
and myself. He did not focus as much on using proper process characteristics because he
was having fun. He only lost balance twice during this activity, and it really encouraged him
to listen to me. He almost had a meltdown about having to balance on one foot when I
said red light, but I think that I handled it well and convinced him to perform the activity
properly.

Object Projection: Avoid the Crash; There has been a crash up ahead, and Mason
needs to block the flying debris from his car. I will stand on the 15ft line and throw soft
poms to Mason and have him hit them away with a racket. After 5 good hits, he can move
the car along the racetrack poster. Ext: throwing to sides to make him switch sides and
move to the poms.
PC: stands to the side and swings horizontally, trunk rotation, weight shift, feet shoulder
width apart

Comments: Mason opted to use the soft racket, which I probably should have chosen in
the first place. He performed this activity well, but he kept crossing his left foot (in front) to
the right because he was trying to hit the poms so hard. He needs to work on having a
nice controlled swing.

Body Awareness: Make the Cut; Mason has to pass the physical fitness test in order to
be a pit crew member. He will need to complete 10 pushups and 10 sit ups in order to
qualify to be on the pit crew. Ext: If Mason does these well, I will have him hold a plank
between each pushup for 3 seconds.
PC: body in straight line for pushups, brings elbows to knees for sit ups, stays focused and
encouraged throughout

Comments: I was surprised, but Mason did 2 sets of 5 pushups and 5 situps without
complaining. He had excellent form on his second set of pushups, but I think he needs to
continue to work on upper body and core strength.

Fine Motor Control

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Object Manipulation: Lost Lugnuts; One of the members of the pit crew has lost the
lugnuts in a tub of sand. Mason needs to find missing lugnuts in the sand and pick them
up and place them back in the toolbox. Ext: He can only use one hand and pincer fingers.
PC: bolts are clean when placed into the toolbox, only uses thumb and pointer finger to
pick up the bolts, keeps the sand inside of the box.

Comments: Mason followed directions well and found all of the bolts without making a
mess. I made tweezers an extension, and he manipulated them well. This activity would
have been better with more implements and more sand. The sand box was almost empty
for some reason, so the bolts were easy to find.

Implement Usage: Trace the Race; I will give Mason a road map maze that he will trace
to the finish line. Ext: I will have different variations of the road maps with varying difficulty
levels.
PC: tripod grasp, doesnt pick up pencil from the paper while tracing, feet on floor, sitting
upright in chair

Comments: This activity was too easy for Mason. He finished the maze very quickly, so I
handed him a sheet of wide ruled paper and asked him to show me his cursive
handwriting. He wrote his name with only one mistake on the letter s. He then wrote
letters as they were called out, and asked for help if he did not remember how to write the
letters that were called out. He seemed very interested in cursive.
Visual Perception: frogger game on the iPad.

Comments: DND

Comments: Overall, Mason was a delight to work with today. He only had 2 small
moments of freaking out and they were handled well. He really enjoyed this theme and
knew a lot about Nascar. I feel like he could do more pushups and sit ups in the future, but
today was a good start in participating without complaining. He also kept his tongue in his
mouth during almost all of the activities without having to be reminded.

Major Goal: To jump rope for 15 consecutive loops in 25 seconds, without stopping the
motion. Two feet take off and landing with each jump; double bounce; does not move
forward or backward; stay in place. Process characteristics present in 2 of 3 attempts.

Gross Motor Control Day 2

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Balance (Static/Dynamic): Find Your Seat; Mason needs to climb up to the bleachers
and walk across them to find his seat for the race. He will need to walk up a large incline
cheese mat and then across a 3 balance beam to get to his seat. If he does this well, then
I will have him step over bean bags people or side step through the bleachers.
PC: hands on hips, eyes forward, heel-toe walking

Comments: Mason performed this activity well once I reminded him to slow down and
think about walking heel-toe. He enjoyed the different balance elements, and on the third
attempt he finally understood how to squat down while keeping his chest upright. I need to
remember to demonstrate alongside him to give him a visual reminder while he is
performing the activity.

Body Projection: Jump for Joy Masons favorite driver is making his way to the lead, so
he is jumping up and down in the bleachers, cheering for his favorite driver to win. Mason
will jump rope as many times as he can without stopping so that we can assess his skill
level. If he is having trouble, I will teach him how to jump rope from the beginning stages
and we will adjust the goal accordingly. If he excels, I will see is he can alternate between
single and double bounces between each turn of the rope.

Comments: This was the first time that Mason attempted jump roping in PMD. On his first
attempt, he completed 5 consecutive rounds. On subsequent attempts, he did not do as
well because he became sloppy and couldnt keep his rhythm.

Object Projection: Tire Mania; the car has come in for a pit stop, and Mason must catch
the new tires for the car. I will stand against the wall and throw a playground ball to Mason,
standing on the 18ft line. Ext: I will switch to tennis balls if he is catching the large
playground ball well. Additionally, I will throw the ball to different sides unexpectedly. After
5 good catches, Mason can move his car further toward the finish line.
PC: catches balls with palms and fingers, tracks and moves toward the ball, tongue in
mouth

Comments: Mason caught 10/10 balls thrown directly to him. I then decided to bounce
balls to the sides, which should have been done first so that difficulty increased. He caught
the balls bounced well, but I had to remind him to catch without trapping the ball against
his body.

Body Awareness: Slip into the Car; racecar drivers have to be able to squeeze into their
cars through the windows, so Mason needs to make sure he can fit through small spaces.
I will have him crawl through different foam shapes without touching the sides. If he does
this well, I will call out a specific body part that much lead through the shape.
PC: maintains tight core, listens to instructions for leading body part, does not touch sides
of shapes.

Comments: Mason enjoyed the challenge of this activity. He was the perfect size to fit
through the foam shapes. He became confused occasionally about left and right but
corrected his mistakes once he recognized them.

Fine Motor Control

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Object Manipulation: Build the Car; Mason will have previously cut out car parts for his
implement usage activity, and he will need to build the car using tape. This activity will
require him to hold parts of the car together with one hand and manipulate the pieces of
tape with the other.
PC: manipulates the tape without having it stick together, car looks like it was put together
correctly, rolls tape to place the number on the outside of the car.

Comments: Mason was excited to build the car, but he needed help folding the small
edges and holding them together after gluing them. I would do one side of the car and ask
him to do the other, and this seemed to work well and keep him from saying I cant

Implement Usage: Cut the Car; Mason will cut out a car shape to build a 3D car.
PC: thumb controls cutting, paper rotated while scissors stay vertical, arm stays close to
body, cuts on lines without much variation.

Comments: Mason focused well on cutting, and took his time to carefully cut out the car.
He did not become frustrated with small areas. I had to remind him to keep his tongue in
his mouth while focusing, but overall he did exceptionally well with this activity.

Visual Perception: Photo Finish; Mason will be shown a busy picture of a racecar scene
for 15 seconds then he will need to list off 10 things that he remembers seeing from the
picture. We will repeat this until most of the objects have been named. If 15 seconds
seems too long, then I will shorten the time that he has to look at the picture. Also, I will
ask him about specific things he remembers seeing in the picture.
PC: no hesitation while naming items from the picture, quietly focuses on the picture,
names items properly without assistance from me

Comments: DND

Comments: Overall, Mason had a great attitude during these activities and participated
well without complaining too much. He needs to remember to keep his tongue in his mouth
when focusing intently on something. He really enjoyed the NASCAR theme which helped
a lot.