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SN7 Social Networks Package: Includes Manual, 10 Inventory Booklets and DVD $112.00 Each

By Sarah W. Blackstone, Ph.D. And Mary Hunt Berg, Ph.D. An assessment and intervention planning tool designed to help individuals, their families and professionals determine the most appropriate technologies and communication strategies for people with complex communication needs. Social Networks enables practitioners and researchers to collect information from individuals (children or adults with developmental and acquired disabilities), as well as their families and involved practitioners, about their communication partners and current modes of expression in a way that is both more systematic and more prescriptively helpful than the available alternatives. Firmly grounded in the principles of functional goal-setting and person-centered planning, Social Networks can help practitioners guide and refine the intervention process over time. Ultimately, Social Networks can help parents, peers and caregivers broaden the circles of friends and acquaintances around individuals with complex communication needs, and promote their confidence and capability in communicating with others. The Social Networks DVD video features five individuals with complex communication needs and their “social network” of family, friends, acquaintances, paid professionals and people in the community (store clerks for example.) The video depicts how the Social Networks Communication Inventory by Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg can assist teams in (1) setting goals, (2) measuring outcomes, (3) making transition plans and (4) preparing IEPs, IPPs and so on. Also, the Social Networks video can increase the likelihood that teams collaborate and make good decisions about assistive technology recommendations. Includes the expanded interviews with Michael B. Williams (on using multi-modalities), Elisa Kingsbury (tips for administering Social Networks), and David P. Wilkins (a linguist’s perspective on using Social Networks with people with aphasia).

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