Support individuals with sensory loss with communication
Table of Contents
- Tutorial Video
- Tutorial Video
- Reading Materials
- ‘Difference between language and communication’ on the Key Differences website
- ‘Language and culture’ on the Britannica website
- ‘Ages and stages’ on the Speech and Language UK website
- ‘Signs and symptoms’ on the Speech and Language UK website
- ‘The effect of a sensory impairment’ on the First Discoverers website
- ‘Exploring language and communication in an individual with congenital deafblindness: A case study’ by Kathleen Deasy and Fiona Lyddy for The National Council for Special Education
- ‘Acquired deafblindness’ on the Deafblind Information website
- ‘Making it Real for people with sensory impairment’ by Think local, act personal
- ‘Communicating with someone with sensory impairment’ on the Alzheimers website
- ‘Communicating with someone with a sensory loss’ by RNIB
- ‘Teach yourself the deafblind manual alphabet’ by Sense
- ‘Teach yourself the block alphabet’ by Sense
- ‘Communication in health and social care’ by Pearson
- ‘Hearing aids, implants and other devices’ on the Sense website
- ‘Specialist communication’ on the NHS Nottinghamshire Healthcare website
- Presentation
- Good Practice Example
- Good Practice Example
- Interactive Quiz
- Evidence Opportunities
- Extended Learning
- Click the icon to access an online article titled ‘Blindness – what it means in the mind of a blind child’ which was written by Ramona Walhof. This article discusses what it is like to be born blind, and how the child grows up to experience blindness and disability.
- Click to read ‘Management: Deafblindness’ on the NHS website.
- Click to read ‘First-language acquisition: Wild and isolated children’ on the Medium website.
- Click to read ‘Communication skills in social care’ by Skills for Care.
- Click to watch this video and read the corresponding text on ‘How to care for someone with communication difficulties’ on the NHS website.
- Think And Challenge
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