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Social Communication
Social communication is the use of language in social contexts. It encompasses social interaction, social cognition, pragmatics, and language processing.
Social communication skills include the ability to vary speech style, take the perspective of others, understand and appropriately use the rules for verbal and nonverbal communication, and use the structural aspects of language (e.g., vocabulary, syntax, and phonology) to accomplish these goals. For more details, see ASHA’s resources on components of social communication [PDF] and social communication benchmarks [PDF].
Social communication, spoken language, and written language have an intricate relationship (see figure below). Social communication skills are needed for language expression and comprehension in both spoken and written modalities. Spoken and written language skills allow for effective communication in a variety of social contexts and for a variety of purposes.
SenseAbility is a complete program created in Australia that focused on communication, and social emotional well-being for middle and high school children. I may use some of the resources in therapy to support communication , expressive and receptive language and pragmatic goals. There are also many helpful resources such as the videos below that are free to access on YouTube.
SenseAbility is a complete program created in Australia that focused on communication, and social emotional well-being for middle and high school children. I may use some of the resources in therapy to support communication , expressive and receptive language and pragmatic goals. There are also many helpful resources such as the videos below that are free to access on YouTube.
The next three videos break down some aspects of communication that are important to know.
The next three videos break down some aspects of communication that are important to know.
They describe and demonstrate non-verbal aspects of conversation including how close you are to your communication partner, body language, facial expression, tone of voice and more
They describe and demonstrate non-verbal aspects of conversation including how close you are to your communication partner, body language, facial expression, tone of voice and more
JOINING GROUP CONVERSATIONS
JOINING GROUP CONVERSATIONS
These videos show guidelines for joining conversations and then some examples of expected and unexpected behaviors when joining group conversations. Look out for non-verbal communications like body language, body positioning, facial expression, and tone of voice.
These videos show guidelines for joining conversations and then some examples of expected and unexpected behaviors when joining group conversations. Look out for non-verbal communications like body language, body positioning, facial expression, and tone of voice.
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