Chapter 5, Verbal Communication, Offers Many Strategies for Improving Your

question 10

Essay

Chapter 5, Verbal Communication, offers many strategies for improving your language (e.g., minimizing gender bias, swearing, and exclusionary language; expanding your vocabulary; using oral, active, and grammatical language; avoiding gobbledygook). Choose three of these strategies and describe how you can use them to improve your language. Make sure you describe (a) each strategy and provide examples of how to use it, (b) why you need to improve your language in this way, and (c) your plan for improving these aspects of your language.

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Definitions:

Self-Stimulatory Behaviors

Repetitive movements or actions often performed for sensory feedback, commonly observed in individuals with autism.

Incessantly Flapping

A continuous and repetitive motion of flapping, often used to describe bird wings or human gestures indicating distress or excitement.

Fragile X Syndrome

A genetic disorder caused by changes in the FMR1 gene, leading to a range of developmental problems including learning disabilities and cognitive impairment.

Neuroimaging Studies

The utilization of various techniques to visualize the structure, function, or pharmacology of the nervous system.