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Support individuals with sensory loss with communication
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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.
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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.
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