A Day In Our Shoes

Teaching Pragmatics: How to Teach Pragmatic Language Skills

So many kids (and adults!) struggle with pragmatic language skills due to having autism or another learning disability. Not ...
Healthline

Understanding Social Pragmatic Communication Disorder

Social pragmatic communication disorder (SPCD) refers to marked challenges with both nonverbal and verbal communication skills used in social settings. Social-communication difficulties may be ...
Psychology Today

Closeness and Status Are Keys to Pragmatic Communication

I was recently reading The Happiness Hypothesis by psychologist Jonathan Haidt (2006). Haidt writes: “In all human cultures, the social world has two clear dimensions: a horizontal dimension of ...
Boston College

Computer Science Assistant Professor Emily Prud'hommeaux awarded $500K NIH research grant

BC Computer Science Asst. Prof. Emily Prud'hommeaux has received an R21 research grant from the National Institutes on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders in the National Institutes of Health ...