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From Participation to Communication: Bodily-Tactile Early Intervention for Children with Visual Impairment and Additional Disabilities

October 29 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT

Session ID: 1025

 

Objectives:

1. Explain why early social play routines are useful for developing participation in children.

2. Identify the challenges that children with VIAD and their parents face in early interactions.

3. Describe how the bodily-tactile modality can be used to enhance the participation and communication of children with VIAD at the preverbal stage of language development.

4. Explain the results of the bodily-tactile early intervention.

Details

Date:
October 29
Time:
10:00 am – 11:00 am EDT
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Organizer

Venue

Online (Zoom)

Speakers

  • Sini Peltokorpi

    University of Turku, Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology, Turku, Finland

Abstract

ABSTRACT 

Early interactions between children with visual impairment and additional disabilities (VIAD) and their parents may be compromised due to the children’s disabilities. The bodily-tactile modality can be used to compensate for a child’s lack of vision.  

AIM

This study explored the effects of bodily-tactile early intervention on four one-year-old children with VIAD and their mothers. 

METHOD

The video recordings from baseline, intervention, and follow-up sessions were analyzed using a Bodily-Tactile Coding Procedure, Multimodal Conversation Analysis, and Emotional Availability Scales.  

RESULTS

During the intervention, the mothers increased their use of the bodily-tactile modality in early social games and communication. The participation of the children with VIAD also increased. One child developed new gestural expressions based on bodily-tactile play experiences. The children were more emotionally available to their mothers during the intervention.  

CONCLUSIONS 

The results suggest that the intervention improved the quality of interactions between children with VIAD and their mothers.