Teaching conversation to children with autism : scripts and script fading

McClannahan, Lynn E. (Author). Krantz, Patricia J. (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 1890627321
ISBN: 9781890627324
Physical Description: print
xiii, 160 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Bethesda, MD : Woodbine House, 2005.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-152) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Why Doesn't He Talk to Us? -- What Are Scripts? What Is Script Fading? -- Scripts, Script Fading, and Activity Schedules -- Building Prerequisite Skills: Scripts for Children Who Do Not Yet Talk. Why Use Scripts with Nonverbal Children? ; Making Social Interaction Fun ; Pairing Pictures, Words, and Objects or Activities ; Creating Helpful Language Environments ; Not All Activities Are Social -- Preparing to Teach. Observe Preferences ; Select Scripts ; Record the Scripts ; Enlist the Help of Two Adults ; Construct an Activity Schedule -- Teaching Children to Use Scripts: Prompters and Conversation Partners. How to Be an Effective Prompter ; Fading Prompts ; How to Be a Good Conversation Partner ; Dealing with Errors ; Measuring Progress ; What's Next? -- Scripts for Children Who Say Words or Phrases. Initiating Conversation with a Word or Phrase ; An Additional Measure of Progress ; What If a Child Doesn't Say the Scripts? ; Fading Audiotaped Scripts -- Measuring Scripted and Unscripted Interaction. New Definitions of Interaction ; Observing, Scoring, and Graphing Scripted and Unscripted Interaction ; The Importance of Two Observers --