Inleiding: Dit artikel beschrijft een observationeel onderzoek naar de bijdrage van gebaren aan de communicatieve competentie van begeleiders die zorg bieden aan mensen met een verstandelijke beperking. Het doel van deze studie is het vergaren van ervaringen, gedachten en gevoelens van begeleiders. Hierin …

Background: Talking Mats is a framework developed to support communication with communication vulnerable people. Objective: The objective was twofold: to provide an overview of the objectives, target groups and settings for which Talking Mats has been used (Part 1), and an overview of empirical scientific …

Objective: To gain insight into how communication vulnerable people and health-care professionals experience the communication in dialogue conversations, and how they adjust their conversation using augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) or other communication strategies. Methods: Communication …

The expressive vocabulary of children with Down Syndrome (DS) is generally measured with parental reports, such as the Communicative Development Inventory (CDI), given that standardized tests for assessing vocabulary levels may be too difficult for most young children with DS. The CDI provides important …

Poster presentatie op conferentie Background: Assessments of functional communication skills of children with cerebral palsy (CP), classified with the Communication Function Classification System (CFCS), often differ between the child's school teacher and the speech language therapist (SLT). Assessment …

Welke behoeften, ervaringen en meningen bestaan er onder het onderwijspersoneel ten aanzien van het in de praktijk gebruiken van Totale Communicatie?