I think week one of the social skills book club was a grand success! One of my typical social peers has been a struggling reader for his whole academic career. Earlier this week he came to therapy telling me he loved the book. It made me so happy to hear that! On Wednesday he stayed after school so I could help him finish the assigned reading for the meeting on Thursday. He did great on Thursday- participated well and was a great peer model. Then, on Friday, he came in and shocked me. He had finished the book! The day before he was on around page 37 and now he was one page away from the end! The book has 155 pages. I am so, so proud of him!
The students that the group was formed for did well, too. They all participated (some with a little more prompting than others) and shared insightful information about the characters and their behaviors. I think this was a great book choice and I may continue with other Roald Dahl books next year.
The only negative thing about the meeting on Thursday was not enough time! I think we had so much more we could have discussed.
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