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Following Children with Severe or Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and Their Mothers through a Communication Intervention: Single-Case Mixed-Methods Findings
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Flink, Anna Rensfeldt; Broberg, Malin; Strid, Karin; Thunberg, Gunilla; Johnels, Jakob Åsberg – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
There is limited research targeting communication interventions for children with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. This study addressed outcomes from a communication course for parents of children with severe/profound intellectual and multiple disabilities and follows up on a previous publication by Rensfeldt Flink et al.…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Interpersonal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
Examining Perceptions of a Communication Course for Parents of Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
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Rensfeldt Flink, Anna; Åsberg Johnels, Jakob; Broberg, Malin; Thunberg, Gunilla – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
The overall aim was to examine participants' perceptions of a communication course as held for parents of children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities. The course curriculum included responsive strategies and augmentative and alternative communication. The research questions addressed the favourability, changes in parents' or…
Descriptors: Parent Education, Parent Attitudes, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities
Professionals' and Parents' Shared Learning in Blended Learning Networks Related to Communication and Augmentative and Alternative Communication for People with Severe Disabilities
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Wilder, Jenny; Magnusson, Lennart; Hanson, Elizabeth – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
People with severe disabilities (SD) communicate in complex ways, and their teachers, parents and other involved professionals find it difficult to gain knowledge and share their experiences regarding the person with SD's communication methods. The purpose of this study is to contribute to our understanding of how parents and professionals share…
Descriptors: Severe Disabilities, Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Parents, Professional Personnel