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.

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 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

Introduction

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 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