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From: K. Chmela
Date: 13 Oct 2009
Time: 16:25:14 -0500
Remote Name: 72.54.34.133
Great question, Corrine. A conversational partner is another person (we have usually used an adult but you could certainly use a peer within a therapy session)that is willing to come to various sessions and learn what the child is learning. The clinician teaches the parent or other how to give positive feedback for using Easy Relaxed Approach during reading and then they practice it as part of their Daily 10 (having conversation or working on some aspect related to what is happening in therapy). The Daily 10 is a ten minute talking time that needs to be enjoyable for both child and partner. If it happens in the school setting it may only be a few short minutes, but the child is still receiving feedback from someone else. We have had classroom teachers work with a child who stutters on reading this way. Many times we create hierarchies and the child adds another peer or two and they practice together, especially if the child is afraid to read in the classroom.