This paper presents intervention strategies for managing learning disabled children with oral communication disorders. The strategies are based on a comprehensive organizational framework of pragmatic abilities comprised of three major components: communicative intention, presupposition, and social organization of discourse. Following a brief description of the components, specific intervention goals and instructional activities related to each area will be addressed.
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