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Developing Friendships with Young People with PMLD

Friendships are possible for young people with PMLD, and they start with noticing each other and sharing something fun.

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  • 0.5 CPD hours
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About this course

One pupil loved pressing the switch for the disco light. Another loved watching it. Sat together, the first pressed and the second giggled, so the first pressed again to hear the giggle. It took a few years of repetition, but those two became friends.

Friendships like that need planning for young people with PMLD, who often communicate through a tensed hand, a sudden breath or a turn of the head. You'll learn to read those signals and build them into turn-taking, first with you and then with a peer. There's an introduction to Intensive Interaction and to rapport-based communication's "see, copy, celebrate the offer". And there are plenty of ideas for sharing the fun, from the parachute and bubbles to call-and-response games and story massage.

The presenter has taught young people with PMLD for 26 years, and the ideas come straight from her classroom.

Modules

6 modules
  1. 1Introduction5 min
  2. 2Module 1: What does communication look like?10 min
  3. 3Module 2: What does being social look like?7 min
  4. 4Module 3: Interaction and mirroring13 min
  5. 5Module 4: Sharing the fun7 min
  6. 6Wrap up3 min

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