Search results for ‘Subject term:"learning disabilities"’ Sort:
Results 1 - 1 of 1
The importance of communication partnerships: a study to investigate the communicative exchanges between staff and adults with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BARTLETT Claire, BUNNING Karen
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 25(4), 1997, pp.148-152.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports on a small-scale study investigating the extent to which the verbal communication skills used by adults with learning disabilities were complemented by those used by their keyworkers during communicative exchanges. The setting was a community-based day centre. The results revealed that major differences existed between the communication skills used by keyworkers, and the comprehension levels of the participants with learning disabilities under both conditions. The greater mismatch was evident in 'free conversational exchange'. Some limitations of the current study are discussed together with the implications for future investigations and intervention.