Use of key word signing by staff in special schools and in day centres for adults with intellectual disabilities.
J Intellect Disabil Res
; 62(1): 21-29, 2018 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Staff may encourage individuals with intellectual disabilities to use manual signs by modelling its use, but implementing key word signing during daily activities can be demanding.METHOD:
Staff's use of manual signs was observed in four special schools and four day centres for adults with intellectual disabilities during communicative group activities, non-communicative group activities and mealtimes. Using in situ partial interval coding, we measured staff's communication rate, semantic diversity of manual signs, sign reinforcement and sign imitation. With Chi-squared tests, associations were measured between these variables, the two settings and the three activity types.RESULTS:
During communicative activities, staff used manual signs significantly more in adult services than special schools. During non-communicative activities and mealtimes, staff seldom used or reinforced signs.CONCLUSIONS:
Staff communicated frequently but did not often model sign use during daily activities. To investigate influence from training background, further detailed measurements are warranted.Palabras clave
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Refuerzo en Psicología
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Personal de Salud
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Educación Especial
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Personal Docente
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Gestos
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Conducta Imitativa
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Discapacidad Intelectual
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Intellect Disabil Res
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSTORNOS MENTAIS
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Bélgica