Tactile Language Part 2: Partners’ contribution to language development in a bodily tactile modality

Lecturer: Caroline Lindström

 

What does it mean to communicate with someone if we can´t use our vision and hearing? How do we transform our own communicative customs from a seeing and hearing perspective so that they match a bodily/tactile modality?  This webinar will give insights and practical tips on how we can support language development for people with congenital deafblindess. It is based on a case study, which includes Martin, a young man with congenital deafblindness, and ten of his teachers. The case study illustrates how his teachers have used different bodily/tactile strategies together with him, which have facilitated his tactile language.

 

The lecture is based on chapter 14 in the book If you can see it, you can support it – A book on tactile language. Prepare by reading the chapter.