1st Edition

The Social Communication Intervention Programme Manual and Resource Supporting Children's Pragmatic and Social Communication Needs, Ages 6-11

470 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Speechmark

The Social Communication Intervention Programme (SCIP) is an evidence-based intervention developed to support school aged children (6-11 years) with persistent social communication, pragmatic and language needs. The Social Communication Intervention Programme Manual and Resource provide a theoretical rationale, method and over 150 activities for providing specialist level language... Read more

The Social Communication Intervention Programme Manual

List of figures, tables and boxes

Introduction

Chapter 1 The Social Communication Intervention Programme (SCIP): Introduction and statement of purpose 

Chapter 2 Overall structure and procedures for SCIP

Chapter 3 Children with persistent social communication needs 

Chapter 4 SCIP rationale, model of intervention and evidence base 

Chapter 5 The perceptions of children, parents, teachers, and practitioners on SCIP Intervention and outcomes 

Chapter 6 Principles of SCIP Intervention

Chapter 7 SCIP assessment and outcomes procedures 

Chapter 8 Planning and delivering Phase 1 SCIP Intervention

Chapter 9 Planning and delivering Phase 2 SCIP Intervention

Chapter 10 Planning and delivering Phase 3 SCIP Intervention 

Chapter 11 Case study of SCIP Intervention: a worked example 

Index

The Social Communication Intervention Programme Resource

Introduction

 Phase 1 Resource

SCIP Phase 1 Intervention Content

Phase 1 Intervention Content Table

Phase 1 Therapy activities 

Phase 1 to Phase 2 Pointers 

SCIP Assessment to Intervention Map 

Phase 2 Resource

Phase 2 Intervention Content Table

The nested structure of Phase 2 Intervention 

Quick guide: List of Activity targets in SUSI, PRAG and LP

SUSI Content Tables and Intervention Activities

Social Understanding and Social Interpretation (SUSI) Content Table

SUSI 1 Understanding social context cues in interactions 

SUSI 2 Understanding emotional cues in interactions 

SUSI 3 Understanding and practising flexibility 

SUSI 4 Understanding thoughts and intentions of others 

SUSI 5 Understanding friendship 

PRAG Content Tables and Intervention Activities

Pragmatics (PRAG) Content Table 

PRAG 1 Turn taking and reciprocity

PRAG 2 Conversation and metapragmatic skills

PRAG 3 Understanding information requirements

PRAG 4 Understanding and managing topic in conversation 

PRAG 5 Understanding and improving discourse style

LP Content Tables and Intervention Activities

Language Processing (LP) Content Table

LP 1 Vocabulary and word knowledge 

LP 2 Narrative construction 

LP 3 Non-literal language 

LP 4 Discourse comprehension 

LP 5 Enhanced comprehension monitoring 

SCIP Intervention Planning and Record Form 

Biography

Catherine Adams is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Manchester, UK. She has led a number of research projects on pragmatic and language needs in children as well as pioneering work on the effectiveness of social communication intervention.

Jacqueline Gaile is a consultant speech and language therapist in independent practice with over thirty years’ experience of working with children with language and social communication needs. She was also senior research SLT on the SCIP research projects at the University of Manchester, UK.

"It is rare to find such a comprehensive programme: the intervention plan is directly linked to child assessment with clear benchmarks for progression. It provides an integrated method for developing language structure, social understanding and pragmatic skills." - Courtney Frazier Norbury, Professor of Developmental Language & Communication Disorders at UCL

"SCIP is the first evidence-based program to address the complex nature of social communication disabilities in children with autism, developmental language disorder, and social (pragmatic) communication disorder. The program provides detailed assessment and intervention activities for facilitating language processing, social, and pragmatic knowledge and skills. Guidelines and practical suggestions for the involvement of school staff and parents are included, so that children’s new skills generalise to interactions with peers and family members. In short, SCIP is a must have for professionals who want to comprehensively support children’s social communication abilities." - Geralyn R. Timler, Professor & Program Director, On-Campus Clinical SLP Program. Director, Social Communication and Language Evaluation (SCALE) Lab, James Madison University