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Contact. Communicating with people who have Severe Learning Disabilities Donna Hill November 2011. Activity. Think of an interaction you had with someone, that didn’t go quite how you expected. Share with the person next to you. Unsuccessful interactions. Can lead people to feel:.

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  1. Contact Communicating with people who have Severe Learning Disabilities Donna Hill November 2011

  2. Activity • Think of an interaction you had with someone, that didn’t go quite how you expected. Share with the person next to you.

  3. Unsuccessful interactions Can lead people to feel:

  4. The Five Love Languages • When we communicate with those we love, we are urged to use their primary love language in order for them to ‘hear’ our love. • In the same way that it may be more difficult to communicate in an unfamiliar spoken language, it may be difficult to communicate in a love language that is not the same as your own.

  5. The Five Love Languages • Quality time • Words of Affirmation • Gifts • Acts of service • Physical Touch What is your primary love language? Do you know the primary love language of those close to you?

  6. Millie

  7. Intensive interaction What does that phrase mean to you?

  8. Intensive Interaction • A skill used to help people with Special Needs to communicate and relate to the world around them. • The biggest and most valuable tool used in Intensive interaction is YOURSELF!

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  10. Communication • Eye contact • Facial expression • Attention • Exchange • Physical contact • Body language • Personal space

  11. Josh

  12. Engaging in Intensive interaction • Take the lead of the other person • Respond to their actions • Allow them time • Allow space • This activity will NEVER be boring for the person you are interacting with.

  13. Moving on with intensive interaction.

  14. Useful reference points • Book – A practical guide to Intensive Interaction Nind and Hewett • http://www.intensiveinteraction.co.uk/ - good place to find info about courses, general information and resources

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