‘Don’t just make the font bigger’
June Watson Research assistant, AAC Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
Lois Cameron , AAC Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
Joan Murphy Research speech and language therapists, Forth Valley Primary Care Trust, AAC Research Unit, Department of Psychology, University of Stirling
How can people with learning disabilities become more involved in life planning? June Watson, Lois Cameron and Joan Murphy describe the use of Talking Mats™, a tool for improving the sensitivity of consultation exercises with people with communication difficulties
The Scottish Executive has funded a three-year project to examine the effectiveness of an original, augmented communication resource called Talking Mats™ (Murphy 1998, see Appendix 1).
Learning Disability Practice.
6, 7, 20-23.
doi: 10.7748/ldp2003.09.6.7.20.c1537
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