Response Elaboration Training (RET) is a therapy approach that encourages individuals to expand on their responses during conversation. By building on whatever the patient says, this method promotes natural language use and improves sentence length and complexity in spontaneous speech.
Use a picture or ask a question to prompt a response. Then try to expand on it and add more detail. For example, if someone says, “The cat,” you might respond, “Yes, the cat is sleeping on the couch. Can you tell me more about the couch or the room?” The goal is to build longer sentences.