Attuning: A Communication Process between People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disability and Their Interaction Partners

Autor/inn/en	Griffiths, Colin; Smith, Martine
Titel	Attuning: A Communication Process between People with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disability and Their Interaction Partners
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 29 (2016) 2, S.124-138 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12162
Schlagwörter	Severe Intellectual Disability; Interpersonal Relationship; Interpersonal Communication; Communication Problems; Qualitative Research; Caregivers; Teacher Student Relationship; Multiple Disabilities; Video Technology; Grounded Theory; Interaction; Adjustment (to Environment) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Kommunikationsbarriere; Qualitative Forschung; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Multiple disability; Mehrfachbehinderung; Interaktion
Abstract	Background: People with severe and profound intellectual disability typically demonstrate a limited ability to communicate effectively. Most of their communications are non-verbal, often idiosyncratic and ambiguous. This article aims to identify the process that regulates communications of this group of people with others and to describe the methodological approach that was used to achieve this. Materials and Methods: In this qualitative study, two dyads consisting of a person with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disability and a teacher or carer were filmed as they engaged in school-based activities. Two 1-hour videotapes were transcribed and analysed using grounded theory. Results: Attuning was identified within the theory proposed here as a central process that calibrates and regulates communication. Conclusion: Attuning is conceptualized as a bidirectional, dyadic communication process. Understanding this process may support more effective communication between people with severe or profound intellectual and multiple disability and their interaction partners. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01