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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Children with Special Needs
Click on the links below to read about many strategies to improve the communication skills of children with special needs. 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 for an individual. …
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Key Guidelines to Creating a Total Communication Environment
See our Adult Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Home Page for a full list of information about adult learning disabilities, and links to information and strategies relating to communication. Key Guidelines to Creating a Total Communication Environment Individuals with learning disabilities may experience many types of communication difficulty, but there are …
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Total Communication
See our Adult Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Home Page for a full list of information about adult learning disabilities, and links to information and strategies relating to communication. What is total communication? This is a holistic view of communication, often using a range of modalities or even thinking “outside the …
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Adult Learning Disabilities – Behaviour & Communication
See our Adult Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Home Page for a full list of information about adult learning disabilities, and links to information and strategies relating to communication. Behaviour and Communication Some adults with learning disabilities may display inappropriate or challenging behaviour. Although there are many reasons for this type of …
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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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Children with Severe Communication Difficulties and High and Complex Needs
See our Special Needs Header Page for a full list of special needs information and resources It is important to have a number of functional strategies to help children with severe communication difficulties. For instance, a boy with autism may use visual schedules and strategies, a girl with hearing impairment may …
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Causes of Special Needs and Learning Difficulties
See our Special Needs Header Page for a full list of special needs information and resources There can be many causes of special needs and learning difficulties and there is often an associated communication problem such as a delay with speech, language, social language and behaviour. However, no matter what the level of …
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Children with Special Needs & Learning Difficulties
Children with Special Needs and Learning Disabilities Children with special needs or learning difficulties often have difficulties with communication. Some children require speech and language therapy to improve, and others need greater intervention and perhaps the addition of some form of communication system or device. However, no matter what the level of communication difficulty, …
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