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Entering Conversations - A High School Social Skills Activity

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Entering Conversations

This handout outlines the recommended steps to enter a conversation, including approaching, commenting on topic, determining signs of acceptance, and exit strategies.

Social Skills Worksheet Conversation Worksheets for Autism by Speech Language Pathologist Lisa Flowers

Conversation Skills: Entering Conversations

This PDF handout delves far deeper than merely initiating topics of conversation.

This handout outlines behaviors necessary for entering an in-process conversation, such as observation, physical proximity, questioning, timing, commenting, determination of acceptance, and exit strategies. It can be used for discussion and/or roleplaying so as to help learners on the autism spectrum strengthen their conversational literacy and understanding of interpersonal dynamics.

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