Building Conversational Skills (are there good drills or instructional methods?)

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Dear Verbal Behavior Experts,

This is a biggie for me: I really want to know some specific drills (tell

me the gory details on how to implement) on how to engage my son (8-years

old, advanced learner according to ABLLS) in more " normal looking "

conversation (no more drills with tedious and rote responses). Anyone have

some magic tricks here?

No more showing him a picture of something and saying " tell me about

(what's in the picture " ) (how boring can it get?) My son is getting so

bored I am surprised he hasn't killed anyone yet.

I need some good ideas to get him to talk about things, and maybe how to

lead him in a conversation that forces him to think about how to

answer. Do you know what I mean by this? I want a nice ongoing

conversation about something, not just rote responses. (I know Carbone

uses videos for this, but, with my son, it will not work as videos are too

over-stimulating for him to answer any questions about them.)

Thanks for any ideas that you can supply me with.

Rose