Conversation Skills Curriculum

This curriculum features two books of lesson plans that teach students with developmental disabilities to initiate and maintain conversations on the job, at home, and with friends in school.

Book I includes 50 lessons, each with an Objective Page for the teacher and Self-Managed Assignments for students. Skills are introduced in the classroom through role playing and guided practice sessions, and implemented independently by the student. Book I can take only 12 weeks of biweekly, 10 minute training sessions. Book II stretches the range of effective conversations acquired in the fi rst volume. Emphasis is placed on learning and remembering personal names, making small talk, and initiating workplace dialog.