C8 Mid F Clear speech. Reads text in 30’s Minimal discernable books & communication newspapers; difficulties. (6) writes letters & e-mails. C9 Mid M Attention Unclear speech. Some social 30’s problems; Some obvious sight reading epilepsy. difficulties with with pictorial fluency of expression support; copy and facility of writes simple comprehension. (5) words. C10 Mid M Thyroid Mainly speech Some social 30’s condition with some sound sight reading – tires easily errors. Minimal with pictorial discernable support; copy communication writes simple difficulties. (6) words. Co-production of Talking Mats® interview The aims of the TAG were to: establish an appropriate vocabulary for talking about the topic of watching’; select the most meaningful and relevant graphic ‘television representations for vocabulary items; determine core topics that were relevant to television-viewing habits and preferences; and categorise television programmes in an accessible way. The TAG core membership attended the same day service. They met six times during an eight-week period each meeting lasting about 90 minutes. Collaborator – attendance of the core TAG meetings varied between 2-6 people. One collaborator declined to continue her attendance after week 1 due to tensions with another member. The meetings were held in a separated area of the day centre with refreshments served at the midway point. All the meetings followed a similar format with the principal investigator leading and three student researchers providing support for individual members. The first part focused on generating vocabulary items for the topic of television-watching. The second part addressed the selection of
C8 Mid 30’s F Clear speech. Minimal discernable communication difficulties. (6) Reads text in books & newspapers; writes letters & e-mails. C9 Mid 30’s M Attention problems; epilepsy. Unclear speech. Some obvious difficulties with fluency of expression and facility of comprehension. (5) Some social sight reading with pictorial support; copy writes simple words. C10 Mid 30’s M Thyroid condition – tires easily Mainly speech with some sound errors. Minimal discernable communication difficulties. (6) Some social sight reading with pictorial support; copy writes simple words. Co-production of Talking Mats® interview The aims of the TAG were to: establish an appropriate vocabulary for talking about the topic of ‘television watching’; select the most meaningful and relevant graphic representations for vocabulary items; determine core topics that were relevant to television-viewing habits and preferences; and categorise television programmes in an accessible way. The TAG core membership attended the same day service. They met six times during an eight-week period – each meeting lasting about 90 minutes. Collaborator attendance of the core TAG meetings varied between 2-6 people. One collaborator declined to continue her attendance after week 1 due to tensions with another member. The meetings were held in a separated area of the day centre with refreshments served at the midway point. All the meetings followed a similar format with the principal investigator leading and three student researchers providing support for individual members. The first part focused on generating vocabulary items for the topic of television-watching. The second part addressed the selection of
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