What is in the group?
Seated in front of the computer.
Is your body in the group?
Mrs. Vicky tells you "Good Morning".
"Good Morning!"
Jeff talks about flowers.
Is Jeff interested in flowers?
You are on a video chat and have the radio on. What should you do?
Turn it off!
Somebody greets you.
Greet back.
Looking at the speaker.
Are your eyes in the group?
Two teachers are talking in the hallway and you need to go between them to get to class.
"Excuse me please"
Shelley tells Ricky "Hi, how are you?". Ricky answers "Hi, did you watch the latest Avengers Movie?" Shelley gives Ricky a blank stare.
Shelly is not interested in the Avengers Movie. She wanted to know how Ricky is doing.
Your cat runs through the kitchen and you think it's cute. What should you do?
Put it in your thought bubble and put your brain in the group.
It is time for online OT and Mrs. Vicky announces the topic.
Being on task with body, brain, and eyes in the group.
Thinking about the topic in group.
Is your brain in the group?
JJ asks you "How are you?"
"[1 word or short answer: Good, Fine, Okay, Not too bad,...]. How are you?"
Barbara talks about playing Bingo. Marsha keeps looking away.
Marsha is not interested in hearing about Bingo.
You are in a video chat with your OT and you feel thirsty. What to do?
ASK!
You have a thought but another student is talking at the moment.
Raise your hand.
Eyes on your writing, quiet body.
Are your eyes and your body in the group?
At the end of OT Mrs. Vicky says "Okay, time to go!"
"Bye" or "See you later!"
Jerry keeps trying to change the subject when Tyler talks about trucks.
Jerry is not interested in trucks.
It is time for OT and you have your lunch still out.
Clean up before OT.
You are in math class but think about video games.
Putting your thoughts about video games into your thought bubble.
You are on task and doing your work
Are your brain, body and brain in the group?
You accidentally knocked over a glass.
"I am sorry" or "I apologize".
Mrs. Vicky asks everyone in the group to say what they did last weekend. Phoebe says, "Went to the movies"; Max says "Rode 4 wheelers"; Lola says, "Played a video game (and then talks about the video game details)". Did everyone want to hear about the details or just the name of the activity?
No, they were interested only in the name of the activity.
There is noise outdoors.
Use the mute button.
Mrs. Vicky is asking for you to participate in a game in OT group.
You participate.