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Improving Communication Skills

Paying Attention & Listening to Others

Improving Communication Skills

Overview Appropriate Topics of Conversation Tone of Voice & Volume Control Starting a Conversation Participating in Reciprocal Conversation Paying Attention & Listening to Others Responding to Questions Waiting Your Turn to Speak Staying on Topic Ending a Conversation

Download the PDF Forms: Listening To Others Listening To Others Blank Form Purpose: To help individuals with communication and social skill deficits to identify four important behaviors related to listening and understand the purpose for those behaviors. Real Life Examples

Improving Social Behavior

Overview Sharing Space Sharing Materials Waiting Taking Turns Trying New Things Respecting the Ideas of Others Participating with Others Choosing Friends

Child

During circle time or classroom instruction

Adolescent

Graphic Organizers & Tools

Overview Behavioral Thermometer Brainstorming Map Circle Organizer Concept Map Data Chart Data Diagram Decision Making Guide Hierarchical Organizer Relationship Target T-Chart Topic Tree

During lecture or group discussion

Adult
Instructions:

During employment training

Brainstorm on a piece of paper some important reasons for listening to other people when they are talking. Present the four important behaviors for being a good listening from the Listening to Others T-Chart. Cut out the purpose column answer squares from one hand out and have your student/child glue them into the correct space on the addition blank T-Chart. Model each of the four skills from the T-Chart for your student/child. Have him/her determine which skill you are modeling and state the purpose for the behavior. Have your student/child model the behavior to get a feel for how it should be done. Videotape their performance and let them watch it back and critique themselves to improve for next time. Role playing can feel very awkward for both the teacher and student. If this is not comfortable, start out by going out in the community and people watching. Pretend this is a social behavior investigation and have your student/child be a detective. Watch and determine if the people you are observing are using the four skills highlighted in the activity. Also, work on guessing how people are feeling based on their body language. If this cant be done in the community, watch a show on television with the volume off so that you and your student can focus on the non-verbal communicative behaviors.

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