Contents

Foreword by Shelley Davis, M.A., J.D......x


Chapter 1: Introduction - pages 2-13


Fundamentals
Why We Wrote This Book
Who We Wrote This Book For
Child Led vs. Therapist Led Therapy
Understanding How To Do the Exercises
Repetition
Prompting and Fading
Teaching Language Using A Child's Strengths
Commonly Asked Questions
At What Level Does My Child Have To Be?
Should I Teach My Child To Read?
How Do I Get My Child To Be Table Ready?
Will This Help My Child Be Mainstreamed?
What If My Child Knows Much of the Information Being Taught?
Why Does A Language Book Emphasize General Knowledge?
As A Parent, What Skills Do I Need To Do This?
How Often Do We Do These Drills?
What Does Auditory Processing Have To Do With Hearing?
How Do I Use This Book?
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 4
Chapter 3
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Icons and Typestyles In This Book


Chapter 2: Social Language - pages 14-99


What Do We Mean By Social Language?
How To Teach Simple Word Associations
Why Do This Drill?
Simple Word Associations
How To Teach Contingent Words
Why Teach Contingent Words?
Contingent Word Work Sheet
How To Teach Analogy Building
Why Teach Building Analogies?
Building Analogies (Identifying Word Relationships)
How To Teach Pretend Play
Why Work On Pretend Play?
Pretend Play Work Sheet
Topical Conversation
Why Teach Topical Conversation?
Topical Conversation Activity Sheet (1)
Topical Conversation
Why Teach Topical Conversation?
Topical Conversation Activity Sheet (2)
How To Maintain Conversation Skills
Why Teach Conversation Skills?
Rules for Talking With Friends Script
Movie Conversation
Conversation Record
Finding Out About Someone
Why Teach The Finding Out Drill?
Finding Out About Someone (1)
Finding Out About Someone (2)
Finding Out About Someone (3)
Finding Out About Someone (4)
Game Cards For Finding Out About Someone
How To Teach Verbal Reciprocal Comments
Why Teach Reciprocal Verbal Comments?
How To Teach Joint Attention
Why Teach Joint Attention?
How To Teach Contingent Statements
Why Teach Contingent Statements?
Making Comments and Asking Questions
Samples of Contingent Statements
How To Teach Conversation
Why Teach Conversation This Way?
Topical Questions/Comments For Conversation
Conversational Self-Monitoring
Having A Conversation
Conversation Equations
Conversation Games
How To Teach Emotions
Why Teach Emotions?
Feeling Happy
Feeling Sad
Feeling Mad
Feeling Scared
Feeling Proud
Feeling Frustrated
How To Use The Emotions Sheet
Why Teach Emotions This Way?
Emotions Sheet
Determining A Cause
Identifying Situations: Emotions/ Consequences
Problems, People's Reactions & Solutions
How To Teach Critical Thinking
Why Teach Critical Thinking?
Safe and Dangerous
Safe Dangerous Equation
Identifying If A Situation is Safe or Dangerous
Problems and Solutions
Problem - Solutions Equations
Identifying If There is a Problem
Deciding Who To Listen To
Deciding What To Do
How To Teach Advanced Problem/Solutions
Why Teach Advanced Problem/Solutions?
Problem/Solutions
Problem Situations (Target: Dangerous Things)
Identifying "Trouble" and Generating Solutions
Being Made Fun Of
Being Made Fun Of Equation
Identifying If Someone is Being Made Fun Of
Identifying If Something Said is Nice Or Mean
What To Do When Someone Hurts Me
How To Teach Daily Language Requirements?
Why Teach Daily Language Requirements?
Ordering My Food
Answering The Telephone
How To Teach Fact or Opinion
Why Teach Fact Or Opinion?
Cards To Teach Fact or Opinion
Multiple Opinions
Opinions and Supporting Reasons: Food
Fact Or Opinion?
My Opinions (About School)
My Opinions (Movies)
Opinions and Supporting Reasons: Movies
Fact Or Opinion? (Movies)


Chapter 3: General Knowledge - pages 100-163


How To Use This Chapter
Increasing General Knowledge
Why Increase General Knowledge?
Introducing Information
How To Introduce & Maintain Information
Maintaining Information
Why Teach and Maintain Informatoin?
Topic One: Animals
Why Teach About Antimals?
Samples
How To Create Animal Scripts
How To Introduce Topical Outlines
Why Teach Topical Outlines
Outline For Topical Information
Simple Child - Generated Outline
Simple Outline With Elaborate Statement
Multi-Paragraph Outline
Animal Fill In The Blanks
Why Teach The Fill In The Blank Drill?
Samples of Animal Fill-in the Blanks
Oral/Written Definitions
Why Teach Definitions?
Oral Definitions: Animals
Animal Grid Fill In
Why Do This Drill?
Animal Grid Fill-In (Introduction to Animal Comparisons)
How to Do the True Or False Drill
Why Teach True and False?
True or False? (1)
True or False? (2)
Topic Two: Occupations/Community Helpers
Why Teach Occupations/Community Helpers?
How To Maintain Information on Professions
Samples
How To Introduce Topical Outlines
Why Teach Topical Outlines
Outline For Topical Information
Simple Child - Generated Outline
Simple Outline With Elaborate Statement
Multi-Paragraph Outline
How To Use Profession Fill-In The Blanks
Why Introduce This Drill?
Samples of Occupation Fill-in the Blanks
Oral/Written Definitions
Why Teach Definitions?
Oral Definitions: Occupations
Profession Grid Fill-In
Why Do This Drill?
Occupation Grid Fill-In (Introduction to Occupation Comparisons)
" Who Would Say This?" and "What Would They Way" Drill
Why Teach This Drill?
Who Would Say This?
What Would They Say?
Topic Three: Places In The Community
Why Teach About Community?
Community Scripts
Samples of Places In The Community
Topic Four: Sports
Why Teach About Sports?
Samples of Sport Paragraphs
Samples of Sports Fill-in the Blanks
Topic Five: Planets
Other Topics
Topic Six: Geography
Topic Seven: Habitats
Drills To Do In Order For All Topics
How To Create Information Paragraphs
Why Customize Paragraphs?
Current Topics
Comparisons (Easy)
Why Do Comparisons?
Making Comparisons
Comparisons (Intermediate & Advanced)
Grid Comparisons
General Comparisons (1 & 2)
+/- Comparisons (Using True and False)
Animal Grid Comparison
Sport Grid Comparison
+/- Animal Comparison
+/- Sport Comparison
Sport Comparisons Using "Both"
General Comparisons (1)
General Comparisons (2)
Concluding Remarks About General Knowledge
How To Make This Relevant To Life
What's Next In Terms of General Information


Chapter 4: Grammar and Syntax - pages 164-209


Grammar and Syntax
Why Teach Grammar & Syntax This Way?
How To Teach Pronoun Classification
Why Teach Pronoun Classification?
Classifying Pronouns
How To Teach Pronoun Referents
Why Teach Pronoun Referents In This Way?
Pronoun Referents Exercise
How To Play the Verb Game
What's the Purpose of the Verb Game?
Game Cards For Verb Game
How To Talk About Verbs
Example of a Verb List
Why Teach Verbs In This Way?
Example of Other Verb Subjects
How To Play the Noun Game
What's the Purpose of the Noun Game
How To Teach WH Questions
Why Teach WH Questions This Way?
Personal Information Questions
Question Script
Where Questions
Why Questions
When Questions
Topical Questions Mixed (Animals)
Topical Questions Mixed (Occupations)
Sports: Mixed Questions
Mixed WH-Questions For Baseball Field Diagram
Social Questions
How To Play The WH Question Game
Why Teach WH Questions This Way?
WH Question Game - Easy
WH Question Game - Difficult
Game Cards For WH Game
How To Teach Language With Super Sentences
Why Teach Using Super Sentences?
Super Sentences
How To Teach Phrase Identification
Why Teach Phrase Identification?
Identifying Phrases
How To Teach Parts of Language
Why Teach Language Parts This Way?
Example - Nouns
Example - Verbs
Example - Pronouns
Example - Prepositions
Example - Adjectives


Chapter 5: Advanced Language Development - pages 210-247


Teaching Advanced Language Skills
How To Teach Story Writing
Why Introduce Story Writing?
Easy Story Writing
How To Teach Story Writing
Why Teach Advanced Story-Writing?
Intermediate Story Writing
Difficult Story Writing
Advanced Story Writing
How To Teach Story Pre-Writing
Why Use A Pre-Writing Sheet?
Easy Story Pre-Writing
Difficult Story Pre-Writing
Advanced Story Pre-writing
How To Teach Topic Sentences
Why Teach Topic Sentences?
Writing a Topic Sentence
How To Teach Paragraph Writing and Topical Conversation
Why Use Outlines To Teach These Skills?
Outline for Paragraph Writing and Topical Conversation - Easy
Outline for Paragraph Writing and Topical Conversation - Intermediate
Outline for Paragraph Writing and Topical Conversation - Advanced
How To Teach Paragraph Writing
Why Teach Paragraph Writing?
How To Write a Paragraph
Writing a Paragraph
Developing Your Story (Introductory Paragraph)
Developing Your Story - Paragraph 2
Developing Your Story - Paragraph 3
Developing Your Story - Paragraph 4
How To Teach Finding the Main Idea
Why Teach Finding the Main Idea?
How To Find The Main Idea
Descriptive Paragraphs
Finding the Main Idea
Sentence Starters For Descriptive Topic Sentences and Detail Sentences of Support
Two-Column Notes
How To Teach Letter Writing
Why Teach Letter Writing?
Letter Template
How To Teach Recall of Significant Daily Events
Why Teach Routines of Daily Life?
What Did You Do Today?
Daily Routine Sheet


Chapter 6: Academics/Language Based Concepts - pages 248-383


A Chapter On Academics
Lower Level Activities
Higher Level Activities
How To Teach Categorization
Why Teach Categorization?
Simple Categorization: Nouns
Simple Categorization: Verbs
Simple Categorization: Naming Items
Familiar Words: Identifying the Group & Function
Object Functions: Fill-Ins
Categorization
How To Teach Brainstorming
Why Teach Brainstorming?
Brainstorming
How To Teach Pre-Reading Comprehension
Why Do Simple Comprehension Drills?
Who List
Did What List
Pre-Reading Comprehension:
Who? and What did (or do)?
How To Do Reading Comprehension
Why Do Comprehension Drills?
Important Story Events
Story Sequence
Story Report
Story Summary
Summarizing Independently
Reading Comprehension Record
Further Comprehension Activities
Why Teach These Drills?
Identifying the Kind of Text Read
Event or Detail?
How To Teach Math Word Problems
Why Teach Children To Write Math Problems?
Math Word Problems
How To Increase Concepts Through Vocabulary
Why Work On Increasing Vocabulary?
New Vocabulary
Orally Defining Words (Objects)
Orally Defining Words (People)
Orally Defining Words (Verbs)
Vocabulary and Synonyms - Easy
Vocabulary and Synonyms - Difficult
Using New Vocabulary: Stories
Applying New Vocabulary
New Vocabulary for the Week
New Vocabulary To Be Reinforced
How To Teach Sequencing
Why Teach Sequencing?
How To Teach Sequencing With Numbers
Why Teach Sequencing With Numbers?
Ordering Information
Sequencing and Ordering
Place Value (Introduction)
More About Place Value (Advanced)
Understanding Place Value
Comparing Numbers
How To Teach Comparative Words
Why Teach Comparative Words
Comparative Words To Be Taught
Using Comparatives - Sheet 1
Using Comparatives - Sheet 2
How To Teach Calendar
Why Teach Calendar?
Monthly Calendar
Calendar Script
Monthly Calendar Fill-In
Using The Correct Verb Tense
Cards For Teaching Calendar
How To Teach Time
Why Teach Time?
Time
Time Line
Time Teaching Hierarchy
Sequencing Time
Comparing Time
Time Equivalents
Time Questions
How To Do The When Phrase Drill
Why Do the When Phrase Drill?
When Phrases
Cards For Teaching Time
How To Teach All About Money
Why Teach All About Money?
About Money (U.S.A.)
About Money (Canada)
Money Equations
Money Teaching Hierarchy
Comparing Money - Sheet 1
Comparing Money - Sheet 2
Concept Of Enough Money
Do I Have Enough Money? - Sheet 1
Do I Have Enough Money - Sheet 2
Buying Things & Working With Money
Sequencing And Ordering
Money Questions (Auditory)
How to Teach Sequencing A Day
Why Teach Sequencing of Day?
Cards To Teach Sequencing of Day
What Happens?
AM Or PM Time
How To Teach Sequencing Parts of the Day
Why Sequence Parts of The Day?
Sequences The Child Should Learn
Sequencing Parts Of The Day
How To Teach Note Taking
Why Teach Note-Taking?
Key Word Sentences For Note Taking (1)
Key Word Sentences For Note Taking (2)
How To Teach Agents And Their Actions
Why Teach Agents and Their Actions?
Agents and Their Actions
How To Teach Verbal Analogies
Why Teach Verbal Analogies?
Verbal Analogies
Teaching New Concepts
Why Must Concepts Be Taught This Way?


Chapter 7: Therapy Schedules - pages 384-404


Setting Up A Therapy Schedule
Start With The Easiest Drills First
Customize To The Individual Child
Drills Given Are Simply An Arsenal
Simplified Schedule For The Child
Independent Work Instrument
Beginning Schedule - Level 1
Beginning Schedule - Level 2
Intermediate Schedule
Advanced Schedule


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