Description
Ages: 6-10Grades: 1-5
Simplify the many aspects of conversational skills and help your students fit in socially with these lessons designed for those with autism spectrum disorders and language-learning disabilities. The activity pages are filled with graphic organizers and interesting photos and art.
The lessons give students specific, clear directions that teach them to:
- use appropriate listening and speaking behaviors
- begin and end a conversation
- reciprocate in conversations
- avoid hogging conversations and interrupting during conversations
- choose interesting topics
- show interest in a conversation
- evaluate their conversation performance
The activities teach explicit conversation skills with these learning strategies:
- direct instruction
- modeling
- observation
- discussion
- role-playing
- other guided practice
Extra helps include:
- pretest/posttest
- conversation skills checklist
- answer key
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40 pages • e-book • ©2009