Promoting Functional Communication Within the Home

Bondy et al. (2020) wrote a how-to guide, not an experiment. They list nine everyday communication skills families can practice at home.

The skills split into two groups: speaker jobs like asking for juice or naming a toy, and listener jobs like following 'put your cup in the sink' or picking the right sibling when Mom says 'go to Sarah'.

The paper gives zero outcome data. It is simply a menu of home activities—no kids, no graphs, no proof.

Carr et al. (1985) showed that teaching kids to ask for attention wipes out aggression. Bondy’s menu turns that lab finding into living-room practice: request, label, repeat.

Ghaemmaghami et al. (2018) shaped simple requests into longer sentences in clinic sessions. Bondy extends the idea by showing parents how to grow the same skills during dinner or bath time.

Davis et al. (2023) found most FCT studies happen in clinics, not homes. Bondy fills the gap by giving families the actual games to play so real-life practice can finally be tested.

You now have a ready-made parent handout. Pick one skill—say, requesting—then embed it in normal routines: ask for water before you pour, for the remote before you turn on the TV, for socks before you help put them on. No extra clinic hours needed.