Repairing Communication Breakdowns in Everyday Situations

Student Communication Repair Inventory & Practical Training

SCRIPT 2nd Edition

What is the SCRIPT?

Provides means to assess current communication repair skills and then a step-by-step training program with a complete description of what to do, videos that show how to do it and ready-made materials to use with your students. SCRIPT – Student Communication Repair Inventory and Practical Training Steps Introduction Part 1 – Responding when the student is not understood by others

• Assessment
• Familiarization
• Demonstration
• Specific Practice

Part 2 – Requesting clarification when the student does not understand

• Assessment
• Familiarization
• Demonstration
• Specific Practice
• Critical Thinking
• Role Play

Part 3 – Implementation of Communication Repair Strategies Appendix
Includes 37 downloadable files PLUS 10 pages of Inventory Stimuli
134 pages         2018©

Do you have Building Skills for Success in the Fast-Paced Classroom? Chapter 4 introduces the SCRIPT. The SCRIPT 2nd Edition builds on these materials for clearer, faster, more focused implementation by teachers.

Comes with download of Hear It, Fix It game at no extra cost! $36 printed / $30 digital

Table of Contents

Introduction
Video interview of a SCRIPT user
How typical and atypical students use communication repair strategies
Communication repair skills needed to increase appropriate interactions, participation, and classroom comprehension
Including Communication Repair in the IEP
Chart listing of SCRIPT Inventory and Practical Training Steps

PART 1: Responding to Requests for Clarification when the Student is not Understood by Others Chart Listing of Communication Repair Skills when the Student is not Understood by Others ASSESSMENT: SCRIPT INVENTORY Directions to Administer the SCRIPT Inventory videos of administration age 6 and age 12 Scoring of the SCRIPT Inventory – examples of completed forms SCRIPT Inventory Response and Scoring Interpretation Form (blank form) Sample Assessment Report Exhibiting use of SCRIPT Inventory FAMILIARIZATION PART 1 Possible Reasons Why Someone Does Not Understand What You Say Repetition, Revision, Addition, and Nonverbal Strategies Familiarization DEMONSTRATION PART 1 Hear It, Fix It Game Hear It, Fix It alternate game cards SPECIFIC PRACTICE PART 1 Practice Each Strategy Communication Repair Wheel Communication Repair Strategy Cards PART 2: Requesting Clarification when the Student does not Understand what is said by Others ASSESSMENT PART 2 Test of Listening for Directions, Identifying Issues, Repairing Misunderstandings SCRIPT Survey of Communication Breakdown Response Strategies Which communication breakdowns have you experienced? Obtaining Baseline and Progress Data from the Classroom Teacher SAID – Student Advocacy & Independence Development Listening Inventory For Education –Revised: Teacher Appraisal of Listening Difficulty Observational Record of Behavior of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students FAMILIARIZATION PART 2 How do you know when a communication breakdown has happened? Possible Reasons Why You May Not Understand What Someone Says Possible Reasons for Communication Breakdown in the Classroom Summary of Communication Repair Strategies when YOU do not Understand what Someone Says Repetition, Revision, Addition, and Nonverbal Strategies Familiarization Example of Use of the Communication Repair Strategies DEMONSTRATION PART 2 Demonstration – Visual Analogies Demonstration – Let’s Pretend Scenarios Demonstration – Repeat and Reflect The Three Little Bunnies SPECIFIC PRACTICE PART 2 Practice Each Strategy Practicing Use of Specific Strategies Appropriately Videos demonstrating use of Sid and the Lucky Fish Sid and the Lucky Fish Crystal and the First Day of Camp CRITICAL THINKING TO IMPROVE UNDERSTANDING Video introducing use of Crystal and contextual strategies Using Situation Clues to Improve Understanding Critical Thinking Techniques (Missing Word, Rhyming Words, Context, Substitution) Crystal and the Second Day of Camp Data Tracking for Use of Communication Repair Strategies Data Tracking for Use of Context/Communication Repair ROLE-PLAY Home and Community Role-Play Situations videos introducing use of role-plays School Role-Play Scenarios PART 3: Implementation of Communication Repair Strategies Practicing Communication Repair in Varying Situations Homework for Practicing Communication Repair Teacher/Clinician Guidance: Homework for Practicing Communication Repair SCRIPT Student Self-Assessment Ways of Communicating that DON’T Help You Bluffing – Student Discussion Listening Inventory For Education – Revised: After LIFE Self-Advocacy Questions Step-by-Step Changes APPENDIX Chronological Review of Communication Repair Literature SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Animals SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Bedtime SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Cars SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Fruits SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Picnic SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli School Supplies SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Shapes SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Sports SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Tools SCRIPT Inventory Stimuli Vegetables Remembering What Was Heard – Improving Short-Term Memory for Improved Clarification Requests