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Rethinking Communication and Learning for Disabled People

A Person-Centred Approach for Families, Teachers and Other Professionals
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This book takes an innovative look at communication and learning opportunities for people with disabilities. It shows that by developing new skills and approaches, teachers, support staff and other professionals will be in a better position to help disabled students reach their full potential. The initial chapters examine conventional methods of assessment, and advocate a person-centred approach that takes the individual child's strengths and needs into account. A critical appraisal of various alternatives to speech at all levels is provided - from basic signing and gesture to communication books, eye pointing and various forms of technology. The author shows that higher levels of literacy may be attained with appropriate approaches, and outlines new models for teaching reading and spelling. The book also includes positive case studies in which disabled people who have led fulfilling and successful lives describe in their own words what made it work for them. Packed with ideas that will get the reader thinking about their own practice, this book will be an essential reading resource for families, teachers, support staff, and other professionals working with people with disabilities.
Marion Stanton is a qualified special needs teacher and lead assessor and trainer with Communication and Learning Enterprises Limited, a not-for-profit company that aims to support people who have communication and movement difficulties. She is Associate Lecturer on the Professional Development in Education degree course at Bolton University. She has also worked as a nurse, assistant occupational therapist and day centre therapist. Marion has three grown children, one of whom has cerebral palsy.
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