Social Skills 1
This shows that you're friendly.
What is a greeting?
To keep the conversation going, we ask these types of questions to invite others to speak.
What are "WH" questions?
It's important that you do this so you don't do all the talking.
What is take turns?
It is okay to interrupt others when you are reporting this.
What is a dangerous situation, time sensitive situation or an emergency situation.
This involves asking the other person questions to help keep the conversation going.
What is maintaining a conversation?
To successfully do this, comments and questions should be ON-TOPIC, meaning they are related to what the other person said.
What is maintaining a conversation?
Hi, how are you feeling today? is an example of this.
What is a greeting?
You have somewhere to go or you're getting bored are reasons to do this.
What is end a conversation?
When others ask you a question and you answer it, you can ask a similar question right back.
What is taking turns?
To do this before ending a conversation, you could ask a follow-up question or state, "I hear what you're saying."
What is showing you care?