Conversational therapy/skill building?

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One of the things my son struggles with (he's 13) is back-and-forth conversation, especially if it's on a topic that doesn't interest him. What interventions have you all tried to improve this? Any specific curriculum or type of therapy? I'd really like to work on this with him b/c I think if he learned the right way to do it and practiced for awhile, he'd be able to have more conversations with his peers. I could try to teach him the way that I do it, but I'd rather have something proven to be effective with kids with Aspergers.

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