Thank you for this. Teaching this skill (e.g social language) is not my strength so always trying to find ways to be more effective.

What about people with SCT

What are good topics for finding common ground? 👑 for friendships

@TheGiftofGabSpeechTherapy

3 жыл бұрын

This is a great question! The first thing I would do is have my student (or self) identify their favorite things to “think and talk about”. Then I would help them identify if those things are broad topics or narrow topics. Broad topics would be things a lot of people like to think and talk about. Narrow topics are things fewer people find interesting. I would then explain that broad topics are good for asking questions to find common interests. Then we would practice asking questions about those broad topics!

@georginajovanovic

3 жыл бұрын

Please can you give some examples of good questions to ask? 👏

@TheGiftofGabSpeechTherapy

3 жыл бұрын

sure! A great first question to ask is "What is something interesting you have done lately?" This gives the other person the chance to talk about somethings they have done that might be interesting. Listen carefully to what they talk about, then, you can pick what you find most interesting and respond to that. If you know the person, and you have an idea of what their interests are you can always ask something based on your shared interests. For example: "Have you made any good recipes lately?", "Have you read any good books lately?", or "Have you eaten at any good restaurants lately?" would all be great broad questions to start a conversation. Hope this helps!

@teachsocialskills

2 жыл бұрын

Play "this or that" is a fun way for kids to find common ground :) Students choose a card that has 2 options (e.g. beach or mountains, twizzlers or red vines).

@jonaskoelker

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheGiftofGabSpeechTherapy > "What is something interesting you have done lately?" This gives the other person the chance to talk about somethings they have done that might be interesting. Also when people enjoy doing a particular thing they probably also like talking about that thing, so you're guaranteed that at least one person will enjoy talking about that topic. Listening attentively and asking questions which explore the topic further is likely to be popular. I'm reminded of a phrase which I'll butcher: to charm someone it's good to have them leave the conversation thinking you're the most interesting person, but it's better to have them leave thinking _they_ (the person you're charming) are the most interesting person. Your suggested question seems like a good swing at that (assuming a decent follow-up).