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- Title
ANALYSIS OF INTERACTION AND ATTENTION PROCESSES IN A CHILD WITH CONGENITAL DEAFBLINDNESS.
- Authors
VILLAS BOAS, DENISE CINTRA; PICCOLOTTO FERREIRA, LÉSLIE; DE MOURA, MARIA CECÍLIA; RODRIGUES MAIA, SHIRLEY; AMARAL, ISABEL
- Abstract
CHILDREN WITH DEAFBLINDNESS need support to be able to understand the world and to have access to information. The authors analyzed a dyad consisting of a child with congenital deafblindness and a specialized teacher. The study included participant observations and audiovisual recordings. It was found that the child showed attention to the teacher in activities involving music and rhythm. As potential forms of nonverbal communication, the child presented vocalization, touch, body contact, body movements, facial expressions, and tears. The teacher's forms of communication were verbal, touch, visual, rhythm, and sign language. It was concluded that a significant communication partner is essential to identify, interpret, and respond to attention and communicative behaviors. Use of other forms of communication must comply with individual characteristics so that the child with deafblindness can receive information from the environment through these senses and thus be guaranteed access to the world.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; GENETIC disorder diagnosis; ATTENTION; COMMUNICATION; DEAFNESS; LANGUAGE &; languages; MEDICAL care; PATIENTS; RESEARCH; RESEARCH funding; SPECIAL education; SPEECH; MATHEMATICAL variables; DEAF-blind disorders; DISEASE complications; DIAGNOSIS
- Publication
American Annals of the Deaf, 2016, Vol 161, Issue 3, p327
- ISSN
0002-726X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/aad.2016.0025