There are many strategies that can be used to help adults with learning disabilities or special needs. Click on the links below: Total Communication This is a holistic view of communication, often using a range of modalities or even thinking “outside the box” to create a system of communication that works …
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Adults with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities
Adults with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Adults with with special needs and learning disabilities (also called adult learning difficulties or intellectual difficulties in some countries) often have difficulties with communication which can be related to speech and language, social skills and/or behaviour. However, there are a number of programs and strategies that can …
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Behaviour and Communication
See our Special Needs Header Page for a full list of special needs information and resources Behaviour and communication are often inter-connected. Many children with communication delay or learning difficulties often display inappropriate or challenging behaviour. Although there are many reasons for this type of behaviour, it can often be linked …
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Autism – The Minimal Speech Approach
See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources. It is common for many people to use too much language when talking to, or giving instructions to individuals with autism. It is a trap that all of us can fall into quite easily without realising it. …
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Intensive Interaction and Autism
See our Autism Header Page for a full list of all our Autism resources. Breaking down the barriers by using an Intensive Interaction approach with individuals with severe autism or communication delay. Non-verbal individuals who have major learning difficulties or “severe” autism are often very difficult to interact with. Not only …
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