Using discourse analysis in facilitator training This article originally appeared in Vol. As a result of the study, an accredited, sequential training program was developed to train facilitators. One aspect of our facilitator training which we feel has been significant is the use of discourse analysis. Also, using this approach can greatly assist with the clarification of events reported in an interaction. I would like to share some of this information with readers of the Digest.
Discourse analysis refers to the transcription, coding and analysis of interactions.
The extracts from transcripts below illustrate some of these fea- tures. Confrontational naming In 1993, when my son was three years old, the formal validation studies involving facilitated communication users were beginning to appear in the literature. I was curious to see how my son, with three years of experience interacting with me, would perform in confrontational situations. Initially, I asked him to name familiar pictures, tell me the name of his dog and what happened during the day. I recorded our interaction on a dictaphone and I asked him not to sit on my knee but to stand in front of the dictaphone.