Major focus area

Speech Therapy -> Pragmatics / Social Skills / Life Skills

Short description

Script Therapy is a language intervention procedure in which the SLP uses events and routines known to the child to teach advanced language skills such as narratives and pragmatic skills (Hedge, 2008; Paul, 2001; Young & Lombardino, 1991).

Long description

A language intervention procedure in which events and routines known to the child or made familiar by the clinician are used to teach advanced language skills including narrative and pragmatic skills. SLP uses mental schemes a child may have about common experiences such as eating in a restaurant, grocery shopping, or personal interactions/conversations.