Recommended for adolescents and adults, this board game tasks players with considering and providing solutions to a wide array of awkward social situations
Conversations Skills Activities: Elaboration
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Conversational Skills:
Elaboration
This handout provides examples of a range of responses to the same question, leading to a conversation practice activity. These scripted responses clearly demonstrate to individuals on the autism spectrum how elaborated responses lead much more naturally to extended conversation. The handout starts with a written discussion of conversational elaboration and social dynamics.
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