User every day situation, Role-Play conversation, etc.
Use everyday situations. Give your child chances to practice good social communication during the day. For example, practice staying on topic by talking about school. Have your child ask others what they want to eat for dinner to practice asking questions. Let your child ask for what they need to finish a project.
Role-play conversations. Pretend to talk to different people in different situations. For example, have your child explain the rules of a game to different people. Show her how she should talk to a child or an adult. Or, how she would talk to a family member or a stranger.
Practice messages. Ask your child what he would say if he wanted something. Talk about different ways to present a message, such as being:
Discuss why people might be more willing to do something if they are asked in a different way.
Say something about the topic of conversation before talking about it. This may help your child stay on topic and change topics more easily. Get her to talk more about a topic by asking questions or adding information.
Use visual cues, such as pictures or objects to help tell a story in the right order, follow schedules, understand expectations, etc.
Practice rephrasing when someone does not understand what the person means. Ask questions like, "Did you mean...?"
Show how nonverbal cues are important to communication. For example, look at pictures of faces, and talk about how the person might feel. Talk about what it means when a person’s face doesn’t match what they say. This may happen when someone smiles as they say, "Get out!"
Talk about feelings. Talk about how you are feeling and encourage your child to talk about how they are feeling in various situations. Also, practice talking about the characters' feelings and emotions in books, TV shows, and movies and how you can tell what they are feeling. Using puppets to discuss emotions can be especially helpful with younger children.
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