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Fostering Emotion Expression and Affective Involvement with Communication Partners in People with Congenital Deafblindness and Intellectual Disabilities
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Martens, Marga A. W.; Janssen, Marleen J.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Huisman, Mark; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: Recent studies have shown that it is possible to foster affective involvement between people with congenital deafblindness and their communication partners. Affective involvement is crucial for well-being, and it is important to know whether it can also be fostered with people who have congenital deafblindness and intellectual…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Deaf Blind, Affective Behavior, Interpersonal Communication
Scaffolding the Communication of People with Congenital Deafblindness: An Analysis of Sequential Interaction Patterns
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Damen, Saskia; Janssen, Marleen J.; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Schuengel, Carlo – American Annals of the Deaf, 2017
The High Quality Communication intervention aims to stimulate interpersonal communication between individuals with congenital deaf-blindness (CDB) and their social partners. Found effective in multiple-case experiments, the intervention is based on Trevarthen's theory of intersubjective development (Bråten & Trevarthen, 2007), which describes…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Deaf Blind, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Intervention
Stimulating Intersubjective Communication in an Adult with Deafblindness: A Single-Case Experiment
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Damen, Saskia; Janssen, Marleen J.; Huisman, Mark; Ruijssenaars, Wied A. J. J. M.; Schuengel, Carlo – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2014
Sensory disabilities may limit a person's development of intersubjectivity, that is, the awareness of self and other, which develops in conjunction with interpersonal communication. This study used intersubjectivity theory to test a new intervention called the High-Quality Communication (HQC) intervention for its effects on a young adult with…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Self Concept, Interpersonal Relationship, Theories
Videophone Technology and Students with Deaf-Blindness: A Method for Increasing Access and Communication
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Emerson, Judith; Bishop, John – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2012
Introduction: Seeing the Possibilities with Videophone Technology began as research project funded by the National Center for Technology Innovation. The project implemented a face-to-face social networking program for students with deaf-blindness to investigate the potential for increasing access and communication using videophone technology.…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Video Technology, Telecommunications, Assistive Technology
Increasing Communication in Children with Concurrent Vision and Hearing Loss
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Brady, Nancy C.; Bashinski, Susan M. – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities (RPSD), 2008
Nine children with complex communication needs and concurrent vision and hearing losses participated in an intervention program aimed at increasing intentional prelinguistic communication. The intervention constituted a pilot, descriptive study of an adapted version of prelinguistic milieu teaching, hence referred to as A-PMT. In A-PMT, natural…
Descriptors: Intervention, Visual Impairments, Language Acquisition, Interpersonal Communication
Applying the Diagnostic Intervention Model for Fostering Harmonious Interactions between Deaf-Blind Children and Their Educators: A Case Study
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Janssen, Marleen J.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; van Dijk, Jan P. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2006
This article demonstrates the use of the Diagnostic Intervention Model in everyday practice and the effects of its application in a case study of Kris and his educator using individual coaching. The implications of the case for everyday practice are discussed.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Deaf Blind, Children
Contact: Effects of an Intervention Program To Foster Harmonious Interactions between Deaf-Blind Children and Their Educators.
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Janssen, Marleen J.; Riksen-Walraven, J. Marianne; Van Dijk, Jan P. M. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2003
This study examined the effects of an intervention program to improve the quality of daily interaction between six congenitally deaf-blind children and their 14 educators (teachers, caregivers, and mothers). With video analysis as the most important tool, the interaction coaches trained the educators to recognize the children's signals and attune…
Descriptors: Children, Communication Skills, Congenital Impairments, Deaf Blind