Appropriate Population: 

• 3-6 years old
• Moderate or mild delay or age-appropriate cognitive and language abilities

Goal: Staying on topic

• Answering questions
• Initiating conversation
• Participating in conversation
• Giving information

Steps:

1. Ask the client to choose a soft toy animal to have a conversation with
2. AHA or client can choose a topic. 
3. Have a conversation between client and soft toy (AHA)

Step-up: 

• Client to start the conversation
• Client to end the conversation
• Choose a topic which is not one of the client’s passions

Step down:

• Give one sentence about the topic.
• Keep each conversation to a specific amount of time (ie: 3 minute conversations)

Resources:

General conversation topics

• Hobbies (sports, art, dance etc)
• Travel
• Holidays (Christmas, Easter etc)
• TV Shows and movies
• Games/toys
• Family
• Books
• School/kindergarten
• Pets/ animals
• Food/drinks/meals
• Weekend