No-Glamour Following Directions

Many children with communication disorders have difficulty following directions. They may not know the important words to listen for or understand the concepts used in directions. Maybe they can only remember one direction when the teacher just told them three. Some may remember the directions but not the order in which to follow them.

Help students with communication difficulties improve their listening skills, follow directions during test taking, and comprehend basic concepts in the classroom. The No-Glamour style makes it easy to isolate, evaluate, teach, and provide practice for the important skill of following directions.

Developed by SLPs with input from classroom teachers, No-Glamour Following Directions features interesting, straightforward activities and materials students need to help them master their target skills:

• pretest/posttest for each set of directions
• learning activities with specific directions
• practice activities

Eight sections address basic concepts that are essential for the success of comprehending directions.

• Basic Directions—such as draw X on, draw line next to, and draw circle around
• Position/Location Directions—such as on/off, top/bottom, and left/right
• Size/Duration Directions—such as big/little and long/short
• Associations—such as shape, object, and size and action-object matching
• Sequencing Directions—such as before/after and first/last
• Negation Directions—such as not the same, skip, and does not belong
• Test-taking Directions—such as underline, fill in the bubble, and fill in the blank
• One-step and Multi-step Classroom Directions—such as sit in a circle and get your backpack and line up

Ages 5 ‐ 8; Grades K-3. Softcover, 304 pages. CD contains full contents of book.