Ages: 6-10
Grades: 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

40 pages • 8.5 x 11, softcover • ©2009