IF A STUDENT HAS......

YOU CAN TRY.....

• Tendency to make irrelevant comments
• Tendency to interrupt
• Tendency to talk on one topic and to talk over speech of others
• difficulty understanding complex language, following directions, and understanding intent of words with multiple meaning

• Comic Strip Conversation (Gray) can be applied to a range of problems with conversation skills
• Teach appropriate opening commands
• Teach student to seek assistance when confused
• Small group instruction for conversational skills
• Teach rules and cues regarding turn-taking conversation and reply, interrupt or change the topic
• Use audio taped and videotaped conversations
• Explain metaphors and words with double meanings
• Encourage the student to ask for an instruction to be repeated, simplified or written down if he does not understand
• Pause between instructions and check for understanding
• Limit oral questions to a number the student can manage
• Watch videos to identify nonverbal expressions and their meaning