Communicate with Me

24/11/2017

The listening and responding process (Goodwin 2008) is: Listen to the person and people who know the person, looking at the person and what they do, documenting, reflecting and interpreting, developing ideas, putting into action lessons learnt. Goodwin 2013

Listening and Responding to Children with PMLD - towards a framework and possibilities

24/11/2017

To listen and respond we can use (Goodwin 2017) consultative approaches, creative approaches, interaction approaches, documentative approaches, person centred approaches and non instructed approaches. The foundation is understanding communication and cognition.

24/11/2017

Communicate with Me is mentioned in the new Raising the Bar PMLD standards 'Where it is not possible to directly ascertain the views of people with PMLD services should demonstrate how it attempted to do this and evidence how the service design and delivery reflect their perceived wishes, feelings, and preferences' (Goodwin et al 2015).

24/11/2017

Had a fantastic day at Raising the Bar conference for people with PMLD. Get information and handouts from the day. Follow on Twitter

30/09/2017

Over the next several years I will be conducting research for my PhD. Broadly, the research will explore 'Quality assurance and CPD of Communication and Involvement for pupils with Severe / Profound Learning Disabilities at Special Schools'.

The research will particularly explore the application and effectiveness of 'Communicate with Me' Quality Assurance Materials.

If you have ideas or things that you would like to share please be in touch.

Best, Martin Goodwin

27/04/2017

Buy Communicate with Me and receive a 20% discount from www.routledge.com

Martin's professional experience is primarily in working with people with autism, severe and profound and multiple learning disability. Martin has specialised in approaches to improve interaction, communication and participation of people with complex needs. Martin is a qualified teacher/trainer and...

07/06/2016

See a great preview of Communicate with Me on Amazon https://www.amazon.co.uk/Communicate-Communication-Involvement-Disability/dp/1910227684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1465318507&sr=8-1&keywords=Communicate+with+me

Communicate with Me is a resource for anyone involved in supporting children or adults with a learning disability - including residential or community support workers, play workers, advocates and teachers who work directly with people, to line managers and service managers who can facilitate chan...

01/06/2016

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For over 30 years Speechmark Publishing has been at the forefront of providing quality, practical resources for professionals working in Speech & Language Therapy, Mental Health, Elderly Care, Special Needs and Education, to a worldwide customer base.

19/05/2016

Communicate with Me was written in response to a need to improve how the services for people with learning disabilities communicate with, and involve, the people they support. It was written as a resource to support work practice and a quality assurance tool to support services to integrate these p...

19/05/2016

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28/04/2016

Spread the word about Communicate with Me!

In association with Speechmark we will be releasing a variety of blogs. These will be posted via Speechmark, Communicate with Me, Facebook, Twitter , the Choice Forum and PMLD Network.

The Commnicate with Me blogs will introduce a range to tools and work practice approaches that the book and quality assurance guidance helps you to implement so that you can improve the effectiveness of communication and involvement with people with a learning disability. These include using and developing communicatton tools such as visual timetables, communication books, objects of reference, sign language, accessible information and work practice issues such as documenting communication, supporting change, person centred planning and choice and decision making.

The blogs will provide you information and tasters from the book 'Communicate with Me - A Resource to Enable Effecive Communication and Involvement of Peple with a Learning Disability'. There will be 38 blogs and excerpts from this valuable, exciting and accessible publication which includes a variety of case studies, examples of practice and standards to guide the improvement of communciation and involvement within your workplace or as an individual.

As a gift to you; please read, use, comment and share the posts with others. Let's make communciation and involvement happen for people with a learning disability; it really is key to having a good qualty of life that is meaningful and enjoyable!

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02/11/2015

Great day teaching about Communication and Cognition at Uni of Birmingham