I have a NVLD kid who is not communicating his basic needs to others, what can can SLP do to help? He is misreading inferences and social communication. Any ideas?
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Thanks, he is a third grader and very nice and easy, but he clams up shuts down when he is unclear about what is happening. Is SL exam came back with no problems. Should I request a specific eval. so that he can have services?
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You can request a The Test of Langauge Competency or the Test of Problem Solving which should show how he uses language to solve problems. The Language Processing Test-Revised would show how he does with understanding verbal commands, how he uses words, his memory, word-retrieval skills. In addition a language sample could be of great benefit. This would be taken as he participates in a conversation with the SLP doing a narrative or telling a story. The SLP could analyze the types of words he used, did he have adequate turn taking skills, did he take the other person’s point of view and clarify when they were confused. It can show what his grammar and syntax is like and what kinds of words he uses.
Lingui Systems has a game for building social language skills called What’s Up? The cost is around $42.00. There is a workbook that goes with the That’s Life program called Social Langauge that may be of benefit to him as well.
An SLP can do role playing with him to help him develop social skills and empathy for the other person’s point of view. She can have a small group where they are all working on their social skills. She can teach him how to participate in a conversation. There are some great books by Lingui Systems and Super Duper, thinking publications to teach pragmatic skills. One is by Barbara Hoskins called Conversations. It is appropriate for middle schooler, high schoolers and young adults. It goes through various topics for conversations and the students do role playing with these topics under the direction of the SLP. They receive assignments to do things outside of therapy to practice their new skills. It takes a long time to teach some of these kids proper pragmatics skills as they truly have a difficult time taking another person’s point of view.