Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder

Currently, there are no specific treatments for social communication disorder. There is some clinical research to suggest therapies and interventions work that focus on children’s verbal and non-verbal communication as well as social and play skills.

Social Communication Disorder, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association

• Applied Behavior Analysis
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
• Parent Implemented Intervention
• Social Communication Intervention
• TEACCH Program

Read the viewing instructions to learn how to earn CME credit. Recordings are listed in alphabetical order.

• Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder: Recognizing Unrecognized Social Deficits
  January 21, 2021
  Slides | Video

• Assessment Tools, Techniques, and Data Sources
• Autism Navigator
• Child Social-Communication Interaction Checklist, Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center
  This checklist includes practices that can be used to encourage and promote nonverbal or verbal child communication behavior by responding contingently (positively) to the child’s behavior.
• The Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL), has identified five interrelated sets of cognitive, affective, and behavioral competencies. Brigham Young University.
• Consumer Information Page: Social Communication
• Family-Centered Practice
• Hear and Say
• Language Delay Lesson Plans: Facilitating emotional understanding, conversational ability, and language skills. Brigham Young University
• Person- and Family-Centered Care
• Self-Assessment for Cultural Competence
• Social Communication Skills – The Pragmatics Checklist
• Social-Emotional, Pragmatic, and Language Concepts Highlight in Children’s Story Books, Brigham Young University.
• Socialization and the Child who is Deaf or Hard of Hearing, Colorado Families for Hands and Voices.
• Transitioning Youth

• A Non-Responsive Child with Autism, Episode 9, Speech Therapy Storm of the Brains
• Communication Breakdowns: Speech & Language Kids Podcast, Episode 57,
  This is a podcast was resources and activities for speech therapists as well as for parents of children with speech and language delays.

• Components of Social Communication
• Social Communication Benchmarks

• Building Resilience in Children with Hearing Loss in General Education Classrooms: A Guide for Parents and Teachers of the Deaf