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Training socio-pragmatic skills

Illustrated stories for children with an autism spectrum disorder and other communication deficits

Product: Book

Trim size in cm: 21x29,7

Pages: 120

ISBN: 978-88-590-1061-6

Publication date: 01/03/2016

Suitable for: Primary 1st level (ages 6-7), Primary 2nd level (ages 8-10), Lower secondary 1st level (ages 10-11)


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For those working in the field of child and adolescent language disorders, and more generally developmental disorders, the difficulty some children and adolescents have with «non-literal» linguistic expressions is well-known and easily found in both spoken and written language.
This book is a useful practical tool for:
– encouraging the development of mentalistic and pragmatic competences in children aged 6 to 12;
– developing greater communicative and social cognition skills, working in particular on understanding a speaker’s intentions and the use of non-literal linguistic expressions.
The book is divided into two parts:
– a general theoretical framework
– a series of worksheets, divided by level of difficulty and illustrated with colourful cartoons designed to attract the child’s attention.


Introduction
PART ONE - Socio-pragmatic competences
Pragmatic aspects of language
Pragmatics and theory of mind
Developing socio-pragmatic skills

PART TWO – Worksheets
WORKSHEET 1: Pretending
WORKSHEET 2: Lies
WORKSHEET 3: Appearance/Reality
WORKSHEET 4: White lies
WORKSHEET 5: Omissions/Distractions
WORKSHEET 6: Opposite emotions
WORKSHEET 7: Jokes
WORKSHEET 8: Misunderstandings/Double meanings
WORKSHEET 9: Irony/Sarcasm
WORKSHEET 10: Figurative language
WORKSHEET 11: Faux pas
WORKSHEET 12: Persuasion
WORKSHEET 13: Complicated stories