Kathy’s

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

4. Introducing me 1

5. What you need to know… 2

6. ...and how to support it

7. What you need to know… 2

8. ...and how to support it

9. Please understand too, that… • 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. 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. Things Kathy likes to talk about 3

13. Communication 4

14. Chart

15. Communication

16. Chart

17. Helping Kathy

18. to Understand

19. How do you know Kathy is

20. 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. Communication Tools 5

25. Interacting with Me • 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.

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

27. Decision Making Tools 6

29. Decision Making

30. Agreement

31. Special Communication 7

32. Moments 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

33. The Lancashire Communication Guide For further information contact... 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: The Brothers of Charity Services