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Speech and Language Therapists' Approaches to Communication Intervention with Children and Adults with Profound and Multiple Learning Disability
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Goldbart, Juliet; Chadwick, Darren; Buell, Susan – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2014
Background: People with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PMLD) have communication impairments as one defining characteristic. Aims: To explore speech and language therapists' (SLTs) decision making in communication interventions for people with PMLD, in terms of the intervention approaches used, the factors informing the decisions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, Children
Factors Influencing Indirect Speech and Language Therapy Interventions for Adults with Learning Disabilities: The Perceptions of Carers and Therapists
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Graves, Judy – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2007
Background: The working context for speech and language therapists (SLTs) delivering interventions to adults who have a learning disability has changed following the reorganization of care provision from hospitals to the community. Consequently, SLTs often deliver their care within a social model of disability through indirect intervention in…
Descriptors: Training Methods, Therapy, Cooperation, Learning Disabilities