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Getting started

Welcome to module two, "Communication and Accessing the World".

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In order to get started select Modules from the left hand menu or you can use this button which will take you straight there.

Both these options will give you access to the module content, in a week by week layout.

Authors

Thank you to the following writers for their knowledge, skills and expertise with the content in Module 2.

Steve Rose, Olly Elm-Robinson and Caireen Sutherland

Useful documents

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Study support

Acknowledgements

This MQ MSI course is developed and written by the Seashell Trust, validated by LJMU, in accordance with the MQ standards as defined by the DfE. Thank you to the many colleagues, near and far, who have contributed to the course.

Activity

Watch the presentation and consider what impact these different ways of understanding language development would have on your work with deafblind children and young people.

Resources

The following resources and references are particularly relevant this week.

Nafstad, A. V., & Rødbroe I. B. (2013) Communicative Relations:Interventions that create communication with persons with congenital deafblindness (English Edition). Stadped Sørøt, Fagavdeling døvblindhet/kombinerte syns-og hørselsvansker.

From the presentation: Communication Development: Symbolic and Linguistic