Remarkable conversations
Subtitle: a guide to developing meaningful communication with children and young adults who are deafblind
By: editors, Barbara Miles [and] Marianne Riggio.
Contributors: Miles, Barbara.; Riggio, Marianne.; Perkins School for the Blind.
Publisher: Perkins School for the Blind
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Watertown, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Deafblind people -- Means of communication.; Deafblind children -- Means of communication.
Other titles: Guide to developing meaningful communication with children and young adults who are deafblind
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: value: What is communication?; value: Understanding deafblindness; value: Developing partnerships with families; value: Conversation: the essence of communication; value: Environments that encourage communication; value: Assessment of communication; value: Selection of communication modes; value: Developing early communication and language; value: Developing basic language forms; value: The development of complex language; value: Adolescents with multiple disabilities; value: Looking toward adult life; value: Meeting the needs of individual children; value: Building a vision of quality services.