Let's Talk: Conversation Practice For Older Students
by Pear Tree Speech © 2026
Premier Publisher
Price: $6 USD
Subjects: speech,expressiveLanguage,pragmatics,receptiveLanguage,socialAspectsOfCommunication
Grades: 6,7,8,9,10
Description
Practice real life conversation and social communication skills with this engaging, realistic peer "profile" deck. This 45-slide deck targets pragmatic language skills like finding common ground, asking questions, and making comments through relatable peer interactions that are aimed to feel relevant to older students. What's inside: -Conversation tips and strategies -30+ realistic peer profile cards featuring a photo, name, age, interests, and a recent weekend activity -Open text box on every card for students to type what they might say to that peer -A "My Connections" section where students fill out a profile about themselves or someone they know -4 blank profile pages for personalizing practice to real life people and situations Skills targeted: pragmatic language, social communication, conversation skills, peer interaction, asking questions, finding common ground, perspective taking, middle school, high school, older students, speech therapy Great for: speech therapy, teletherapy, social skills groups, middle school, high school, individual or group sessions, students with autism, social communication Made by a real SLP.
Acknowledgements
The images in this deck were created using Adobe Firefly, an AI image generation tool. AI was also used to assist in generating some of the peer details including interests and weekend activities, in order to reflect a wide variety of backgrounds, experiences, and interests relevant today's older students. The activity itself is an original concept developed by a licensed speech-language pathologist based on real clinical experience working with older students on pragmatic language and social communication skills. AI tools were used solely to enhance the activity, not to replace the clinical thinking and design behind it.