Description of a program for social language intervention: "If you can have a conversation, you can have a relationship"

Adolescants with imparied language comprehension and formulation skills often experience difficulty keeping up with the linguistic and social demands of peer interaction. This clinical exchange describes an individualized treatment program designed to increase the conversational skill of an adolescent male with language impairment. Treatment focused on increasing awareness of the listener's needs and on balancing the exchange of conversational turns. Clinical performance, parent report and client report were used to assess outcomes.