Pragmatic Language Therapy for Adolescents & Adults
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Transcript Pragmatic Language Therapy for Adolescents & Adults
Margaret Miller
Rationale
Lack of tx material for this age group
Difficult to measure pragmatic language quantitatively
Quantitative data necessary to show progress and
objectify data
Beginning clinicians especially have difficulty measuring
these skills quantitatively
Literature Review
Gained better knowledge of tx materials and programs
available for older adolescents and adults
Identified 10 pragmatic language skill areas to research
Gained better knowledge of relevant strategies for data
collection
Quantitative data collection vs. Qualitative data
collection
Identified Skill Areas
Eye contact
Initiating & Terminating
Topic Maintenance
Follow-Up Questions
Turn-Taking
Body Language
Recognizing/Expressing
Perspective Taking
Humor
Reducing
Emotions
Conversations
Negative/Distracting
Behaviors
Education
Developed treatment packets for clinicians describing
procedures for targeting pragmatic language skills and data
collection
Provided protocols for quantitative data collection of
pragmatic language skills
Provided pragmatic language activities and worksheets to
address 10 social skill areas
Presented packets to graduate level CSD students
Participated in poster presentation at the Autism
Conference sponsored by the Thompson Center
Examples:
Pragmatic Language Activities & Data Collection
Booklet
Measurable Goals
Quantitative Data Collection
Measurable Goals
Eye Contact
The client will receive an average score of ‘5’, indicating
appropriate eye contact, when talking with familiar
conversation partners as judged by 3 unfamiliar listeners
using the eye contact scale.
Initiating & Terminating Conversations
The client will respond appropriately to conversation
initiations from familiar and unfamiliar conversation
partners in 80% of opportunities.
Quantitative Data Collection