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Communication Behaviors
Social communication behaviors are specific, observable actions (occurring
in isolation or linked together) that reflect a child's underlying abilities
in social-cognition and language. These behaviors are observed when a
child interacts with others. They include for example:
- Entering a group
- Offering help
- Giving compliments
- Asking permission
- Explaining behaviors
- Making suggestions
- Ignoring unkind remarks
- Waiting one's turn
- Resolving peer conflicts/negotiating
- Telling the truth
For the reader who is interested in reading more about these behaviors,
please examine the following reference:
(Campbell & Siperstein, 1994)
A fundamental social communication problem is interacting with peers,
particularly negotiating conflicts. We have observed the following to
be most problematic:
- Child wants something that another child has
- Child wants to do something that another child is doing
- Child and friend disagree about doing something, wanting something
- Child and friend disagree about something that happened
- Friend takes something from child
- Friend does something child was about to do
- Friend does something different than child wants to do
- Friend rejects child
- Friend teases child
These problems can occur in a variety of settings in the classroom. Our
research has shown that children can respond to difficult situations in
a variety of ways. Some of the most common, which are very often associated
with peer conflicts, are as follows (from Chung
& Asher, 1996):
- Prosocial manner, which might include accommodating needs of both/all
parties, compromising, asking for more information from a friend, making
a polite request, commenting (using "please"), acknowledging
the problem and trying to find a solution.
- Hostile/coercive manner, which might include directly counteracting
the other person's actions in an unfriendly manner, like grabbing, hitting,
pushing, talking back in a hateful manner, yelling.
- Assertive manner, which might include stating what one wants in a
direct way without saying "please," asking about or stating
a social norm ("Did the teacher say it was OK?"), stating
a desire in a firm, forceful manner and using no "softeners."
- Passive manner, which might include giving in or forfeiting one's
own interest, walking away, letting a friend win without a comment of
just an acknowledgment.
- Adult seeking manner, which might include requesting help from and
adult, threatening to get an adult.
- Irrelevant manner, which might include changing the subject, or performing
in a way that is totally unrelated to the situation.
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