Social communication
13 ideas for target: Social communication
- Bag or box?
Encourage choice making by hiding motivating toys in a bag and a box. - Conversation Group
Conversation group for adolescents with Cognitive Communication Disorder - Dressing Up Game
A motivating group dressing up game to develop early receptive and expressive language and social skills. - Everybody do this
Giving and receiving instructions from peers - Lycra!
There are lots of ways a large piece of lycra can be used as a basic level group activity. - Musical following the leader
Children follow the leader, using musical instruments. - Musical instruments: with non verbal children
Use musical instruments to practise choosing and asking for more - My favourite… (sparkly ring)
Simple group game to practise generating vocabulary, using a prop. - Newspaper headlines
Guess the news story from the headline only. - Talking for 1 minute
Talking for 1 minute about a given topic - Topic Choices
Matching appropriate topics to appropriate conversation partners - Tube posting
Posting toy cars or balls down a long cardboard tube - Video yourself communicating
Raising awareness of communication difficulties for clients with cognitive deficits in order to facilitate goal-setting