Conversations without words
By: Barber, Mark.
Series: Learning Disability Today 11 (2) 2011: 26-30.Publisher: 2011Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD) | COMMUNICATION | NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION | NONVERBAL SKILLSSummary: Uses a case study example to illustrate that successful communication is possible with people with complex and multiple learning disabilities. Describes the strategies used in intensive interaction where good practice involves valuing and encouraging the participation, presence and control of the learner. To quote Dr Barber: "Intensive interaction should involve pleasure and exploration of social consequences and aims to provide the emotional fulfillment which we all get from social connection."Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Uses a case study example to illustrate that successful communication is possible with people with complex and multiple learning disabilities. Describes the strategies used in intensive interaction where good practice involves valuing and encouraging the participation, presence and control of the learner. To quote Dr Barber: "Intensive interaction should involve pleasure and exploration of social consequences and aims to provide the emotional fulfillment which we all get from social connection."
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