Social Skills Rating System

Internalizing factor of Social Skills Rating System (SSRS), Child Behavior Checklist (CELL), or Teacher Report Form (TRF)... 

Internalizing factor of Social Skills Rating System (SSRS)... 

Social Skills Rating System (SSRS) American Guidance Service, Inc., Publishers, Building 1, 4201 Woodland Rd., Circle Pines, MN 55014... 

Gresham, F.M., and Elliott, S.N. (1990) Social Skills Rating System Manual. Circle Pines, MN American Guidance Systems. 

Conversational needs are those that would typically be accomplished using speech if it were available. Conversational use typically focuses on interaction between two or more people. Light (1988) describes four types of communicative interaction (1) expression of needs and wants, (2) information transfer, (3) social closeness, and (4) social etiquette. Each of these has unique features that dictate the AAC characteristics to be included. Since speech allows communication at a rapid rate, between 150 and 175 words per minute (Miller, 1981), an individual using an AAC system must be as rapid as possible. In all AAC systems, some form of letter or symbol selection is required, and in many cases persons who are unable to speak use a keyboard to type their messages that are then spoken by an AAC device. If the person has limited motor skills, this can result in significantly lower rates of communication than for speech (as low as a few word per minute). Cook and Hussey (2002) describe other relationships between AAC characteristics and effective conversational skills. 

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