In this session of Child Language Case Studies, Margo Kinzer Courter, MBA, MA, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL explores the complex nature of pragmatic language intervention in older students and how social communication challenges often extend far beyond conversational skills alone. Drawing from the work of Martin and McDonald (2003), this session examines pragmatics as an integrative process involving language, cognition, executive functioning, and social understanding.
Clinicians will learn how skills such as inferencing, reasoning, predicting, attention, flexibility, working memory, and world knowledge all influence a student’s ability to navigate social interactions successfully. Margo also shares a targeted intervention strategy designed to support positive social communication outcomes in older students while helping SLPs think more critically about the underlying neurocognitive demands of pragmatic functioning.
This session will also discuss ways to collaborate with teachers and other professionals to support carryover and create more meaningful, functional communication outcomes across settings.
Clinicians will learn how skills such as inferencing, reasoning, predicting, attention, flexibility, working memory, and world knowledge all influence a student’s ability to navigate social interactions successfully. Margo also shares a targeted intervention strategy designed to support positive social communication outcomes in older students while helping SLPs think more critically about the underlying neurocognitive demands of pragmatic functioning.
This session will also discuss ways to collaborate with teachers and other professionals to support carryover and create more meaningful, functional communication outcomes across settings.
