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Assessing Social Communication in the Classroom: Observing Manner and Duration of Performance
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Olswang, Lesley B.; Coggins, Truman E.; Svensson, Liselotte – Topics in Language Disorders, 2007
This article describes a new construct for coding the social communicative performance of school-aged children as they interact with peers and teachers in the classroom. The Social Communication Coding System (SCCS) allows clinicians a way of describing how children actually spend their time during the school day by observing ongoing behaviors…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Class Activities, Classroom Communication, Interaction Process Analysis
Peers as Communication Intervention Agents: Some New Strategies and Research Findings.
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Goldstein, Howard; Strain, Phillip S. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1988
The article reports on two effective peer intervention strategies for handicapped children with social deficits. In the first, nonhandicapped children are taught to use interaction promoting strategies and in the second, handicapped and nonhandicapped children are taught sociodramatic play scripts which encourage interaction during free play.(DB)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
Communication Intervention for Adults with Severe Mental Retardation.
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McLean, Lee K.; McLean, James E. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1993
This article describes the communication characteristics and needs of adults with severe mental retardation and discusses a transactional approach to intervention for adults who do not communicate symbolically in any mode. The approach promotes communication skill development by considering communicative acts as critical antecedent and consequent…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Environmental Influences