• Starting a conversation
• Keeping a conversation going
• Friendships
• Turn-taking (no monologuing allowed!)
• Staying on-topic in conversation

Catch My Convo is a game and teaching tool, where buildling a real conversation means everyone wins! This collaborative game teaches 6 research-based strategies for a balanced conversation:

• WH QUESTIONS: Keep the conversation going by requiring more than a yes/no answer.
• YES...AND: Taken from improvisational theater, this tip teaches you to acknowledge what someone else has said.
• FLIP THE QUESTION: When you really can't think of what to say, simply return the question.
• LISTENING PROOF: Little words and phrases that show we are interested, like "wow" or "bummer."
• KEY WORD COMMENTS: Listening for the main idea can give you the power to steer the conversation.
• TINY QUESTIONS: Two-word questions that really doesn't require an answer, but indicate interest.

KEY BENEFITS:

Therapist Created and Approved

Catch My Convo was created by therapists who needed a tool that went beyond traditional topic cards, and strategies that result in scripted conversations. It's used by speech therapists, occupational therapists, social skills professionals, psychologists, and educators.

Helps you 'See and Touch' a Conversation

Make the abstract concept of a "good conversation" more concrete. In Catch My Convo, players hear, touch, and see the conversation unfold! All players work together to create a conversation where everyone listens and talks equally.

Reaches a Wide Range of Learners

Leveled game boards give you flexibility and control in teaching just the right number of strategies for your students.

Fun, Easy Learning

Colorful mini-posters outline each conversation strategy with easy to follow instructions.

Provides Instant Feedback

Stacking the blocks during the conversation helps with self-monitoring. Players know in real-time whether they should talk more or less.

Never the Same Game Twice

Just like real life, the Convo Pitch cards guide you to think of conversation in just 5 categories that are always relevant: people, places, ideas, problems, and feelings. It's about what's current for you...nothing scripted, contrived, or stale.

CONTENTS: 10 game boards, 6 Convo Catch strategy cards, 6 Convo Pitch topic cards, 6 Mini Posters for teaching strategies, 1 Digital timer (battery not included), 70 colored stacking cubes, Game bag

Kids, teens and adults who struggle with starting or keeping a conversation going; staying on topic; showing conversational interest in others; or hogging the conversation. Great for therapists, counselors, and educators who work with social communication either in individual or group settings.