This week's lesson focuses on linguistic, or conversation, management. For those of you on our parent mailing list, you recently received a series of resources to assist with generalization of this week's conversation management skills.
For homework this week, we recommend learning and using Michelle Garcia Winner's vocabulary found in the Conversation Rules word document during family meals, in the car and when you witness your child using "the carpool lane" (shares the conversation with others) or "interruption junction" (interrupts during inappropriate times) to shape their linguistic skills.
Declarative vs Imperative Communication is excellent for parents to use as a resource to develop in depth conversations with their children and work on generalizing these skills during parent-child dialogue.
