Total Communication: Person Centred Thinking, Planning and Practice

Format: 190 x 210mm, 32 pages, Paperback. By Kim Williams, SALT Salford Primary Care trust, Learning Difficulty Service; Louise Skelhorn, Helen Sanderson Associates; and Alison Matthews, SALT Oldham Learning Disability Services.

This booklet describes the philosophy and approaches of total communication. This includes: a word about understanding; a word about expression; communication model; pre-verbal, pre-intentional and gesture; objects; photographs, line drawings, symbols; signing; spoken language and written language.

For courses on using person-centred thinking, see HSA Courses.