intervention for social communication issues - anyone?

[Handywoman]

We've just finished an intense block of narrative work with private SLT for dd2 aged 8. This has been great for for dd2's written work and comprehension. Our private therapist has now suggested a SLT (who specialises in ASD) to work with dd2 on aspects to improve her wellbeing at school so, problems with rigidity, empathy, literality communicating with friends etc.

Am slightly sceptical about how this may work when ASD kids are so rubbish at generalising. Has anyone worked in this way with an SLT (or anyone else) to tackle these issues? Can it be done??

The SaLTs at school do this kind of work with our students woth ASD. It isn't a magic wand, but it definitely helps them.

It's the sort of thing that someone who is working alongside the child pretty much constantly needs to be doing. DS1 never manages to generalise anything he's learnt in an artificial situation, unless his 1:1 has been there with him and helped him to apply it in a real situation.

That's what I'm wondering about, Ouryve. I am wary of spending £££ on isolated sessions which will not translate to the real world. Then again I might be making a hasty judgment.

I suppose, because it is a SS, the TA's, teachers and care staff work closely with the SaLTs to back up the work and make sure it is not just isolated from the real world.

Ds attended some social skills sessions with a small group of children lead by a member of staff under the speech and language therapists guidance. He did get some benefit from it, and was able to apply his learnt scripts to adjacent areas such as in class. I do not think he has fully generalised but is more able to accept tutoring in social niceties in other situations now. He still needs to be for warned of what to do- for instance reminded to look the dr in the eye and say hello, and shake hands if offered (one of his specialists always tries to shake hands!). He is unlikely to remember otherwise.