Point out social rules of conversation such as eye contact, listening, turn-taking and topic maintenance.

Provide explicit verbal feedback when the child breaks a conversational rule

Model an appropriate response when the child breaks a conversational rule

Make nonverbal cues of peers obvious: i.e. “When Johnny looks away while you are talking, what does that mean?”; “How do you know when someone else wants a turn to talk?”

Model short, straightforward communication interactions.