UBC Press Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals with Communicative Impairments book Paperback

All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this
book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people
who have some type of communication impairment.The contributors look at a wide range
of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, sensory
integration and music therapy, for a variety of impairments, including autism,
profound learning disabilities, deafblindness, severe early neglect and dementia.
This wide perspective provides insight into what it feels like to struggle with a
communicative impairment, and how those who work with and care about such
individuals can and should think more creatively about how to make contact with
them.Covering both the theory and practical implementation of different
interventions, this book will be invaluable for health and social work
professionals, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, speech and language
therapists, as well as researchers, teachers and students in these fields.