Communication Repair Strategies ~ Speech Therapy Activities

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What is a communication breakdown and why does it happen?

Carrie Clark 0:00

Hey, hey, everybody, it's Carrie Clark from SpeechandlanguageKids.com, and you are listening to episode number 57 of the Speech and Language Kids Podcast. This is the podcast with resources and activities for speech therapists as well as for parents of children with speech and language delays. Today we are talking about communication breakdowns, which would be when a child is having a conversation and for some reason. Reason, the other person doesn't understand what's going on, and communication just kind of falls apart. This is common with our kiddos with speech and language problems because they often have trouble communicating their thoughts. That's why they're getting some speech therapy help.

Carrie Clark 0:39

But oftentimes they don't really know what to do once that breakdown happens. So we're gonna teach, or I'm gonna show you today how to teach them how to repair those breakdowns when they happen. First, how to recognize recognize them and then how to repair them. So that is our topic for today. Uh before we get to that though, I do want to make sure that you know about the sale that is going on on the website this week. So if you are listening to this on the day it comes out, it is Monday, the 14th today of March 2016. And our spring break sale starts tomorrow. So we have a spring break sale going on from the 15th through the 19th. That's the Saturday. If you're listening to this right as it comes out, then you can definitely head over and get access to that sale.

Carrie Clark 1:22

We are offering 30% off of all of our ebooks. So I have three ebooks that I've written. One is an ebook for late talkers. So it has strategies and activities for late talkers. There's another one that is an articulation book program, which is all the materials that you need to teach a child to say sounds correctly. So it's the articulation approach to uh speech sound therapy. And then I have a third book, which is the Speech and Language Therapy Guide. And that one is Uh It's step by step lesson plans and activities and worksheets for thirty nine different speech and language skills. So I break down How to answer questions, how to use specific grammatical markers, how to do social skills. There's all kinds of different skills included in that.

Carrie Clark 2:10

So Those are the three ebooks I have right now. Like I said, they're gonna be on sale for 30% off this week only for the 15th to 19th of March for our spring bake sale. So if you have not yet, go on over to the website, speechandlanguage kids.com. Click on the store at the top. And when you get to the checkout page, you can put in the code SB16 for spring break 16. Make sure that you do use capital letters on SB. and one six and you will get access to that 30% off of the ebooks. And if you're listening to this in the future, um the sale will be over, but you can still access those ebooks. If that's something you're interested in, just head on over to speechandlanguekids.com and you can click on the store at the top of the page.

Carrie Clark 2:56

So just wanted to make sure you didn't miss out on that if you are able to listen to this as it comes out. So There is that. Alright, so let's jump in with teaching children how to repair communication breakdowns. Now I'm gonna try to make this really simple so that this is something you can use at no matter what stage your child is in or the students that you're working on are in. I want this to be something that parents can use at home or speech therapists can use in therapy. So if you're in either camp, go ahead. and keep listening because I think that this will be helpful to you. I also have some resources that may help you as well. Okay, so Um, we talked a little bit about what communication breakdowns are.

Carrie Clark 3:39

So this is when they're they're communicating and something goes wrong. Maybe the other person didn't understand what they said or Or maybe they said something that was a little off and didn't quite follow the conversation, so now the person is lost.

How can speech therapists teach children to recognize a breakdown?

Carrie Clark 3:52

In some way there's a breakdown in that communication. Um what we're gonna talk about today is from the perspective of the student with speech and language problems.

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1 What is a communication breakdown and why does it happen? 0:00–3:52 2 How can speech therapists teach children to recognize a breakdown? 3:52–8:09 3 What visual tools help kids identify confused facial expressions? 8:09–11:52 4 How do you use buzzers or apps to practice spotting breakdowns? 11:52–16:26 5 What are the five core strategies for repairing a breakdown? 16:26–20:09 6 How can scripted role‑plays reinforce each repair strategy? 20:09–24:52 7 What does a complete group‑therapy lesson plan look like? 24:52–29:58 8 How should homework and journal reviews reinforce repair skills? 29:58–33:22

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Communication Repair Strategies ~ Speech Therapy Activities“What did you say?” “You did what?” Sometimes a conversation breaks down and we have to find ways to repair it. But this can be a hard skill to learn! On this page, we’ll give you a list of communication repair strategies that you can teach children and teens to use during communication breakdowns. Plus, we’ll show you how to teach these strategies in speech therapy. Conversational Skills CurriculumA Structured Program for Teaching Conversational Skills to Children and TeensView the Conversation CurriculumWhat are Communication Repair Strategies?“Communication Breakdown” is what we call it when something goes wrong in a conversation and there is a misunderstanding. Our communication can break down for a number of reasons but most of the time, we are able to clarify the confusion and keep going. “Communication Repair Strategies” are the techniques we use to fix the conversation so that everyone is on the same page again. Children with communication challenges or social interaction difficulties may have trouble with this. They may not recognize that the communication has broken down. Or they may not know how to get it back on track once they’ve lost the thread. We can help children learn to recognize and repair the communication by teaching them this skill directly. Speech Therapy for Communication Repair Strategies:Below are the steps for teaching communication repair strategies in speech therapy or at home. Step 1: Introducing Communication Repair Strategies Ask students what “communication breakdown” and “communication repair strategies” means and what they normally do when it happens. Ask for some common reasons that communication breakdowns happen. Step 2: List Communication Repair Strategies Students talk first about how to recognize when a communication breakdown has occurred. List out the signs that someone is confused. Next, outline several strategies that the students can use when a breakdown occurs. Have the students come up with as many ideas as they can and then add your own (see above) Step: Practice Communication Repair Strategies Start with recognizing pictures of people as confused or not. When the students are able to do this in pictures, give them a buzzer (or the buzzer app on your smart phone or tablet) and tell them to buzz in whenever they notice that you look confused. Hold a small conversation and unexpectedly look confused to help them recognize it. Stay on this step until they can do it (may be several sessions) Analyze social scenarios to determine when a communication breakdown has occurred. Use activities that target topic maintenance to identify when someone says something that doesn’t make sense with what was already said. Once the student can do this with given situations, hold a conversation with the student and unexpectedly say something completely off topic to indicate the communication breakdown and have the students buzz in to indicate they heard it. Stay on this step until able to do this.** Need some practice scenarios? Our SLK Curriculum has an AI-Powered Social Scenario Generator! It will create endless social scenarios for you to use for discussions and role play! Have students purposefully practice each communication breakdown strategy in a staged conversation (use scripts if needed). During normal conversation, stop students when you didn’t understand something and ask them which strategy would be best to try to fix the breakdown. Once the student can demonstrate all strategies on command and can list of the strategies on command, start pointing out opportunities in normal conversation when a breakdown occurred and help the student repair it. Step 4: Assign Homework to Use Communication Repair Strategies At the end of each session, assign the student to write one journal entry explaining a time that he practiced the skill from that day or a time that communication broke down and he wasn’t able to fix it. Step 5: Review Use of Communication Repair Strategies During your Next Session During the next session, have the students read their journal entries and discuss what went well and troubleshoot what went wrong as a group. A Structured Program for Teaching Conversational SkillsI know you don’t have a lot of free time. That’s why I’ve already created an entire program to teach communication repair and other conversational skills. Grab our Conversational Skills Curriculum inside the SLK Curriculum. You’ll also get access to our social scenario generator for creating custom practice scenarios during your sessions. Conversational Skills CurriculumA Structured Program for Teaching Conversational Skills to Children and TeensView the Conversation CurriculumListen to the Podcast Version Here: About the Author: Carrie Clark, MA CCC-SLPHi, I’m Carrie! I’m a speech-language pathologist from Columbia, Missouri, USA. I’ve worked with children and teenagers of all ages in schools, preschools, and even my own private practice. I love digging through the research on speech and language topics and breaking it down into step-by-step plans for my followers. Fun Fact: I sunburn very easily, it’s kind of ridiculous. I have to be very careful when out in the sun, especially if we travel South at all. Connect with Me: The post Communication Repair Strategies ~ Speech Therapy Activities appeared first on Speech And Language Kids.

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