1. Kathy’s Communication Guide

2. Using my book The pages put in this book are the ones that help me.  There are pictures you can talk to me about.  There are ideas of ways to help me understand.  There are descriptions of how I tell you things. This book will help Spend time with me Get to know me

3. Decision Making Introducing me What you need to know and how to support it Things Kathy likes to talk about Communication Charts Communication Tools 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Special Moments contents

4. Introducing me 1

5. What you need to know… 2 what you need to know about Kathy’s communication...

6. ...and how to support it...how you can support it

7. What you need to know… 2 what you need to know about Kathy’s communication...

8. ...and how to support it...how you can support it

9.  Kathy may smile at you but not recognise who you are.  Simple decisions or choices may be difficult.  Kathy may have difficulty working things out, (problem solving) and following instructions.  It might be difficult for Kathy to understand the consequences of what she does and to learn from experience Kathy could have difficulty giving consent because she may not understand or remember the information. Kathy may also need help to...  Understand how other people think, feel and act (this can make friendships difficult).  Understand and manage her money.  Understand time and plan for the future  Understand changes especially when people and places come and go in her life. Please understand too, that… Think about these issues and include any information you think might add to an understanding of Kathy’s abilities to work things out. (Delete this box)

10. 3 Things Kathy likes to talk about

13. 4 Communication When this is happening… Kathy does this...

14. Chart we think that it means... and we Should…

15. Communication When this is happening… Kathy does this...

16. Chart we think that it means... and we Should…

17. Helping Kathy To tell Kathy this...

18. to Understand You can...

19. How do you know Kathy is Sad Happy In pain Bored

20. Worried Angry Hungry If you know of anymore communications relating to the person’s emotions add them to these pages. Add more pages if necessary. (Delete this box)

21. 5 Communication Tools

25. If the person you support is “hard to reach” this is how you can start to engage with them (please note that this will be individual for each person).  Think about how you might approach the person you support. Do they prefer to approach you first?  Think about where you should sit or stand. Some people are more responsive if you sit or stand to the side of them. Interacting with Me

26. You can find more about Intensive Interaction at: http://www.intensiveinteraction.co.uk/ http://www.intensiveinteraction.co.uk/  Try copying their actions and wait to see how they respond. Make it fun!

27. 6 Decision Making Tools

29. Decision Making When are the best times to ask me to make a decision When is not a good time to ask me to make a decisions How I like my information

30. Agreement how to present choices to me how you can help me understand

31. Special Communication 7 DateWhat happened?

32. Light bulb picture Copy write of Ian Britton found at http://www.freefoto.com/preview/11-12-52?ffid=11-12- 52&k=Electric+Light+Bulb Moments What helped it work well? Who was I with?

33. Speech and Language Therapy Dept Learning Disabilities Services Croston House Lancashire Business Park Centurion Way Leyland PR26 6TR Tel: 01772 644130 Organisations represented in the production of this guide: For further information contact... The Lancashire Communication Guide The Brothers of Charity Services