Description: 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 You may purchase Conversations individually or as a 6-book set. The 6-book set consists of: Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Conversations Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Emotions Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Making Friends Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Making Social Inferences Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Nonverbal Language Spotlight on Social Skills Elementary Predicting Consequences

Publisher: Linguisystems

Grade: Age 6 - 10