Negative comment, teasing, questioning, directing

SCRIPT: Last Weekend
Student’s Name: ______________
Date: ____________________
Persons building script:
___student ___parent
___teacher ___peer
___therapist ___other (specify)
Type of Script:
___action / ____class participation /__X__conversation
Does This Script:
___start with a greeting, “excuse me” or other hook to get the partner’s attention?
___include a range of communicative functions (positive comment, negative comment, teasing,
questioning, directing, etc.)?
___provide for multiple turns (ex: topic maintainers such as ‘tell me more’ or ‘wanna hear the rest’)?
___ensure that the user doesn’t get ‘backed into a corner (unexpected response stops exchange)?
___use ‘real-kid language’ appropriate for the student’s age and setting?
___use ‘person-matched language’ appropriate to the personality of the individual?
Communicative Function Sample Message
Attention Getter(s)
Starter(s)
Maintainers/
Turn Transfers
Closer(s)
Musselwhite, 2001, www.aacintervention.com
Script Symbol Here
last weekend
Hey!
What’s up?
What did you do last weekend?
Did you have fun?
I went swimming.
I went with my folks and my
brother.
It was fun.
What else did you do?
I love weekends!
Maybe we can do something
some weekend.
Call me!