Getting the Picture: Inference and Narrative Skills for Young People with Communication Difficulties
Dave Nash
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Description for Getting the Picture: Inference and Narrative Skills for Young People with Communication Difficulties
Paperback. This book is brimming with thought-provoking illustrations of different people in different places, all of which are accompanied by a series of questions designed to encourage prediction and inference skills. Participants are asked to consider everything from who the person in the picture is to how they may be feeling and why. Illustrator(s): Allchin, Oliver. Num Pages: 112 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: JNSG; MMZL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 279 x 8. Weight in Grams: 308.
Young people with communication difficulties often struggle in social situations, as without adequate inference, narrative and sequencing skills, correctly interpreting and responding to other people can be a real challenge. This fully photocopiable resource has been designed to improve these skills in the way this population can often learn best - visually. This book is brimming with thought-provoking illustrations of different people in different places, all of which are accompanied by a series of questions designed to encourage prediction and inference skills. Participants are asked to consider everything from who the person in the picture is, what ... Read more
Young people with communication difficulties often struggle in social situations, as without adequate inference, narrative and sequencing skills, correctly interpreting and responding to other people can be a real challenge. This fully photocopiable resource has been designed to improve these skills in the way this population can often learn best - visually. This book is brimming with thought-provoking illustrations of different people in different places, all of which are accompanied by a series of questions designed to encourage prediction and inference skills. Participants are asked to consider everything from who the person in the picture is, what ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849051279
SKU
V9781849051279
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-2
About Dave Nash
David Nash is a speech and language therapist based at Freeman College in Sheffield, UK, a specialist college for young people with complex communication difficulties aged 16 to 24. Oliver Allchin is an illustrator based in Sheffield, UK.
Reviews for Getting the Picture: Inference and Narrative Skills for Young People with Communication Difficulties
This is a really cost-effective resource for anyone working with teenagers in either mainstream or specialist settings. It provides coherent explanations of inference and narrative skills and explains their importance in the context of educational policy. The clear aims for each chapter and differentiation of worksheet levels make this resource useful for inclusion in language programmes set ... Read more