Cognitive Processing Between understanding your question and answering your question… Making with information I already have. Expressive barriers Really, that’s your barrier, prevents YOU from understanding the person. Articulation impairments Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy Sentence Formulation Social Motivation Quote from Temple Grandin wound never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the “I latest concrete forming systems, that’s really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who like to sail, that’s interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.” Communication is a Partnership Rather than talking to….talk with. Play to strengths Use strategies to help us understand & support each other. Plan to Talk Allow additional time to exchange information. Planning includes before you arrive Considering using a routine or tools Using staff prepare the client for your visit….agenda or reminders of what will be talked about. Talk to….not down to People with intellectual disability want you to talk to them like people. Talk about things that interest them Make eye contact with them, not the people supporting them. Ask them what they want to be called. Be careful of diminutives (nicknames) Use proper voicing or signing Not singsong, not high pitched Breaking In… Get attention to focus the person soft touch on arm say person’s name Stay at their eye level Start with topic to set the conversation, first, then say what you want to say.
Cognitive Processing Between understanding your question and answering your question… Making with information I already have. Expressive barriers Really, that’s your barrier, prevents YOU from understanding the person. Articulation impairments Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy Sentence Formulation Social Motivation Quote from Temple Grandin “I wound never talk just to be social. Now, to sit down with a bunch of engineers and talk about the latest concrete forming systems, that’s really interesting. Talking with animal behaviorists or with someone who like to sail, that’s interesting. Information is interesting to me. But talking for the sake of talking, I find that quite boring.” Communication is a Partnership Rather than talking to….talk with. Play to strengths Use strategies to help us understand & support each other. Plan to Talk Allow additional time to exchange information. Planning includes before you arrive Considering using a routine or tools Using staff prepare the client for your visit….agenda or reminders of what will be talked about. Talk to….not down to People with intellectual disability want you to talk to them like people. Talk about things that interest them Make eye contact with them, not the people supporting them. Ask them what they want to be called. Be careful of diminutives (nicknames) Use proper voicing or signing Not singsong, not high pitched Breaking In… Get attention to focus the person soft touch on arm say person’s name Stay at their eye level Start with topic to set the conversation, first, then say what you want to say.