Communication development from an intersubjective perspective: Exploring the use of a layered communication model to describe communication development in students with congenital deafblindness

Abstract

Communication development from an intersubjective perspective: Exploring the use of a layered communication model to describe communication development in students with congenital deafblindness.

Monitoring Communication Development Between Teachers and Their Students With Congenital Deafblindness: An Application of the Layered Communication Model

“…The LCM as described by Wolthuis et al (2019) is based on Bråten and Trevarthen's theory on intersubjective communication development, which emphasizes the interpersonal aspect of communication that starts from birth and which focuses less on linguistic milestones that are often hard for children with CDB to achieve (Bråten and Trevarthen, 2007).…”

“…An in-depth description of the creation of the LCM model is beyond the scope of this article. Hence, we refer to the study of Wolthuis et al (2019) for more theoretical underpinnings of the model. Table 1 summarizes descriptions and definitions of the different communicative behaviors belonging to the three layers of intersubjective development.…”

“…The LCM is based on research on typically developing children. Wolthuis et al (2019) explored the applicability of the LCM to describe the communication level of people with CDB communicating with their teachers by analyzing video recordings of four student-teacher dyads from which the students had varying developmental ages. A coding schema was created based on the LCM, with which the presence of the different behaviors could be observed in video recordings for 10-s intervals.…”

“…A coding schema was created based on the LCM, with which the presence of the different behaviors could be observed in video recordings for 10-s intervals. Wolthuis et al (2019) concluded that the developmental character of LCM was reflected by the quantitative differences found in the presence of the LCM behaviors both between dyads as well as between and within layers of the model. Primary layer behaviors were found in comparable quantities for all four dyads, which is similar to earlier research that suggested that this is a basic communication layer (Janssen et al, 2003;Damen et al, 2015;Bloeming-Wolbrink et al, 2018).…”

“…For this purpose, Wolthuis et al (2019) introduced a Layered Communication Model (LCM) that is based on a description of communicative behaviors in three consecutive layers of early development (see Table 1). In their explorative study, video recordings of four student-teacher dyads were analyzed to describe their communication level and monitor development.…”