Focus on Function: Gaining Essential Communication Skills–Second Edition Evelyn R. Klein, Shelly E. Hahn

Description Focus on Function–Second Edition is a compendium of functional communication activities developed for the individual with mild to moderate deficits in reading, writing, listening and speaking that impact daily life. You will also find Focus on Function–Second Edition to be an important tool for your adolescent and adult students who speak English as a second language (ESL), those with learning differences, and others needing to strengthen communicative activities of daily living. The primary purpose of Focus on Function–Second Edition is to foster independence. Each activity is categorized according to guidelines established by the American Speech Language Hearing Association’s (ASHA) Functional Communication Measures (FCMs), the American Occupational Therapy Association’s (AOTA) skills categories, and the World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health Codes. The activities are organized into the following areas: Basi