Developing the personal narratives of children with complex communication needs associated with intellectual disabilities: What is the potential of Storysharing^®?

Abstract

The Storysharing intervention appears to be associated with changes to the dyadic, personal narratives illustrating its potential.

The Value of Non-Referential Gestures: A Systematic Review of Their Cognitive and Linguistic Effects in Children’s Language Development

“…Various classroom training studies involving narratives have already been successfully carried out with preschool non-TD children (e.g., [91,92]). In this regard, [92] demonstrated that narrative interventions are a promising and effective strategy to teach oral narration to children with risk factors and narrative language delays, who may benefit from it in terms of their short-term and longterm narrative retelling skills (see also [93][94][95][96]). We claim that more effective interventions should include training focused on not only children's speech but also their gestures and general multimodal behavior.…”

Features Of Verbal Communication Of Primary School Students With Visual Impairment

“…Analyses of obtained results suggest that speech impairments produce a negative effect on forecasting formation that further can lead to deviations in behavior in this category of children; the works of Sreckovic, Hume, and Able (2017); Mrachko and Kaczmarek (2017); Marshall, Harding, and Roulstone (2017); Sylvestre, Brisson, Lepage, Nadeau, and Deaudelin (2016); Bunning et al (2013); Bunning, Gooch, and Johnson (2017) prove this conclusion.…”

Effectiveness of a life story intervention for adults with intellectual disability and depressive and trauma‐related complaints

“…The current study contributes to the evidence base of narrative interventions for people with intellectual disability that included fewer participants or no control group (e.g. Bunning et al., 2017; Cloitre & Beck, 2017; Fredman, 2014; Gonçalves et al, 2016; Grove, 2015; McParland, 2015; Peterson, Gillam, Spencer, & Gillam, 2010). It also adds to the evidence base of well‐defined interventions specifically developed for people with intellectual disability and psychiatric symptoms (Ali, Hall, Blickwedel, & Hassiotis, 2015; Kok, van der Waa, Klip, & Staal, 2016; McCabe, McGillivray, & Newton, 2006; Osugo & Cooper, 2016; Shepherd & Beail, 2017; Vlissides et al., 2017).…”

“…Life story interventions for persons with intellectual disability have attracted growing interest and appreciation in recent years, sometimes also in combination with mental health problems (e.g. Bunning, Gooch, & Johnson, 2017; Cloitre & Beck, 2017; Gonçalves, Machado, Martins, Hoek, & Machado, 2016; Grove, 2015; McParland, 2015). The self‐reported life stories of people with intellectual disability and psychiatric symptoms often pay little attention to their qualities, values, capabilities and talents.…”