(Showing Emma this photograph)
A: Hey Emma! What do you see?
Em: He putting on the sprinkler.
A: Who’s “he”?
Em: He putting on his feet in the sprinkler.
A: Who is that?
Em: Emma. Emma putting he feet in the sprinkler.
A: Her. Her feet in the sprinkler.
Em: Her.
A: You’re putting your feet in the sprinkler.
Em: Yeah.
A: Was that fun?
Em: Yeah.
(I show her this photograph)
Me: What about this? What’s going on in this photograph?
Em: Dr. Halper.
Me: What’s he doing?
Em: Just Toni Karlsrud.
Me: Is that Dr. Karlsrud?
Em: Nooooo! (Laughing) Dr. Halper.
A: What’s happenig to you?
Em: (Touching photograph.) Goes beep, beep, beep, beep.
A: You’re having a QEEG done. It measures your brain waves.
(Emma gets up and walks away.)
A: Emmy! Come back!
Em: Where are you going?
A: Emmy! Come back!
(I follow her into the other room where Richard is.)
A: Hey Em, do you know why you’re having a QEEG done?
Em: Now goes beep, beep, beep… (while she says this she is touching various points on her head where the electrodes are placed.) beep, beep, beep, beep… (she touches her arm) beep.
A: They don’t put one on your arm!
Em: (Laughs) Beep!
A: Do you know why this is being done to you?
Em: Beep, beep, beep, beep.
A: It’s looking at your brain. It measures your brain waves.
Em: Beep, beep.
A: Do you like going to see Dr. Halper and having a QEEG?
Em: Yeah!
A: Should we go pick out what you’re going to wear today?
Em: Yeah, sit for one more minute.
A: Okay.
Emma's Hope Book 
This is exciting! Emma makes more sense than almost anyone I know!
Love, Michael!