Communication and people with the most complex needs : what works and why this is essential

By: Goldbart, Juliet.
Contributor(s): Caton, Sue.
Publisher: London Mencap 2010Description: 31 p. : col. ill. ; Electronic resource.Subject(s): PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD) | COMMUNICATION | NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | ALTERNATIVE COMMUNICATION | FAMILY EXPERIENCES | COMPLEX NEEDS | GREAT BRITAINOnline resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Executive summary 1. What is communication and what are complex communication needs? 2. What works? Addressing the question Aim Sources of information More about participants Process issues 3. What works? Some answers A. Capturing and sharing information B. Formal approaches 1. Intensive Interaction 2. Cause and effect, including use of switches 3. Objects of Reference 4. Music and other creative arts-based approaches 5. Narrative and related approaches 6. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) 7. Other uses of symbols, photos and pictures, including visual timetables 8. Signing, including Makaton and Signalong 9. High-tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), including Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs) 10. Other approaches C. Informal approaches or “strategies” D. Staff training E. Communication and community participation F. Other concerns 4. Nature of the evidence 5. Next steps and research needed 6. Our thanks 7. References Appendix 1: Resources "This guide was commissioned by Mencap in partnership with the Department of Health as part of the programme of work, set out in the Valuing People Now delivery plan, to ensure people with the most complex needs are included."
Summary: "This report provides some answers to the question “Communication and people with the most complex needs - what works and why this is essential?” Within “complex needs” we include people with profound intellectual impairments, people with severe autism, and people whose severe learning disability or autism is complicated by behaviour labelled as challenging." - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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Executive summary
1. What is communication and what are complex communication needs?
2. What works? Addressing the question
Aim
Sources of information
More about participants
Process issues
3. What works? Some answers
A. Capturing and sharing information
B. Formal approaches
1. Intensive Interaction
2. Cause and effect, including use of switches
3. Objects of Reference
4. Music and other creative arts-based approaches
5. Narrative and related approaches
6. Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS)
7. Other uses of symbols, photos and pictures, including visual timetables
8. Signing, including Makaton and Signalong
9. High-tech Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC),
including Voice Output Communication Aids (VOCAs)
10. Other approaches
C. Informal approaches or “strategies”
D. Staff training
E. Communication and community participation
F. Other concerns
4. Nature of the evidence
5. Next steps and research needed
6. Our thanks
7. References
Appendix 1: Resources
"This guide was commissioned by Mencap in partnership with the Department of Health as part of the programme of work, set out in the Valuing People Now delivery plan, to ensure people with the most complex needs are included."

"This report provides some answers to the question “Communication and people with the most complex needs - what works and why this is essential?” Within “complex needs” we include people with profound intellectual impairments, people with severe autism, and people whose severe learning disability or autism is complicated by behaviour labelled as challenging." - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

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