What communication scripts might you use to support practice of this skill?
Communication scripts will be helpful in teaching a replacement behavior in place of perseverative questioning.
If the student engages in perseverative questioning because he is anxious about something, give him a communication script to help him verbalize his feelings. His script might read, “I am worried about ____. Can you help me?”
If the student uses perseverative questioning to enter or initiate conversations, devise scripts that depict alternative entry statements. His script might read, “Hey, how has your day been?”
Are these complete scripts or just key words to support initiation?
This depends on the level of the student. If you are teaching how to hold a conversation instead of engaging in perseverative questioning, typically, you may need to start with a full communication script. After the student has become successful with the script, you can introduce key words to practice appropriate conversation skills.
On the script card, does the student need additional picture or word cues to define his body position, facial expression, gestures, etc. during the use of the script?
What additional visual clarity cues (e.g. color-coding, highlighting) might you add to the visual script to promote attention and comprehension for the student?
What scenarios might you present (using scenario Act it Out cards) to help students produce their own dialogue and interactions to practice or role-play in a scene?
Given the student’s particular needs, is it appropriate to use video scenarios to help him make accurate discriminations between appropriate and less appropriate responses?
Are you arranging frequent practice opportunities with visual scripts and scenarios to build independence and fluency through repetition?
In order to align this intervention topic area with the unique needs of the student, do you need to create scripts in the View2do program?