LS011: Structured social communication rehearsal

Implementation steps

1. Identify recurring interaction moments causing friction.
2. Create concise script options for each moment.
3. Rehearse scripts in low-stakes settings.
4. Model repair phrases for breakdown moments.
5. Fade prompts as fluency improves.
6. Identify hidden social rules in recurring classroom moments and convert them into explicit, teachable scripts.
7. Build short rehearsal cycles before group work rather than correcting only after breakdowns.

Classroom routines

• Preview interaction script before group work.
• Assign clear collaboration roles.
• Use sentence starters for disagreement and clarification.
• Debrief interaction quality after tasks.
• Rotate scripts across subjects.
• Store successful scripts for retrieval.
• Preview one entry script and one repair script before collaborative tasks.
• Use role cards or visible turn structure to support pragmatic language and reduce overlap.
• Debrief what worked using concrete examples of wording, timing, and repair moves.

Adaptation guidance

• Use visual script supports.
• Allow non-verbal initiation where needed.
• Pair students strategically to reduce threat.
• Teach one new script at a time.
• Coordinate script language across staff.
• Use comic-strip, visual, or written script supports for pragmatic-language and ASC/ASD presentations.
• Reduce audience size and social load before expecting transfer to full-group contexts.
• Coordinate social script language across adults so repair phrases stay predictable.

Staff language prompts

• Use your entry script to join this discussion.
• Try the repair phrase before stopping the task.
• Choose script one or two for this response.
• Use the join-in script first, then add your idea.
• Try the repair phrase and keep the task going.

Impact checks

• Track participation in structured discussion tasks.
• Monitor peer-friction incidents in group work.
• Record use of repair phrases.
• Check generalisation into less structured contexts.
• Track whether explicit scripts reduce peer conflict and stalled group work.
• Monitor transfer from rehearsed to less-structured interactions over time.