Social Skills - Being a Good Conversationalist
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Being a Good Conversationalist
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Being a Good Conversationalist
So many of my students strive to be successful at conversing. This handout goes over many of the attributes that make someone a good conversationalist, including the turn-taking percentage rule, spatial inclusion, conversation components, and what to avoid.
Being a Good Conversationalist
This activity teaches students unwritten rules of conversation, such as balancing comments and questions, selecting interesting conversational topics, and spatial inclusion. This resource can be employed as a checklist assessing organic conversation practice. (Includes therapeutic notes so educators, speech-language pathologists, and therapists can lead discussions prior to practice.)
We all know neurotypical coworkers, friends, neighbors, and relatives that frequently interrupt, monopolize conversations, or tell loquacious stories with an unnecessary level of detail. There's rarely a comfortable manner by which we can address these behaviors with the people in our lives. This activity helps our students work on conversation skills and social niceties by identifying relevant aspects and practicing in a variety of ways.
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