Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals with Communicative Impairments
Making Contact
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Specialties, Internal Medicine, Audiology & Speech Pathology, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Public Speaking, Speech, Psychology
| Author: | Hilary Kennedy, Martyn Jones, Phoebe Caldwell, Pete Coia, Paul Hart, Jane Horwood, Michelle O'Neill, Raymond MacDonald, Clifford Davies | ISBN: | 9781846427831 |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers | Publication: | April 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers | Language: | English |
| Author: | Hilary Kennedy, Martyn Jones, Phoebe Caldwell, Pete Coia, Paul Hart, Jane Horwood, Michelle O'Neill, Raymond MacDonald, Clifford Davies |
| ISBN: | 9781846427831 |
| Publisher: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Publication: | April 15, 2008 |
| Imprint: | Jessica Kingsley Publishers |
| Language: | English |
All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment.
The contributors look at a wide range of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, sensory integration and music therapy, for a variety of impairments, including autism, profound learning disabilities, deafblindness, severe early neglect and dementia. This wide perspective provides insight into what it feels like to struggle with a communicative impairment, and how those who work with and care about such individuals can and should think more creatively about how to make contact with them.
Covering both the theory and practical implementation of different interventions, this book will be invaluable for health and social work professionals, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, speech and language therapists, as well as researchers, teachers and students in these fields.
All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment.
The contributors look at a wide range of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, sensory integration and music therapy, for a variety of impairments, including autism, profound learning disabilities, deafblindness, severe early neglect and dementia. This wide perspective provides insight into what it feels like to struggle with a communicative impairment, and how those who work with and care about such individuals can and should think more creatively about how to make contact with them.
Covering both the theory and practical implementation of different interventions, this book will be invaluable for health and social work professionals, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, speech and language therapists, as well as researchers, teachers and students in these fields.
