{"id":28091,"date":"2024-11-27T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings-new\/?page_id=28091"},"modified":"2024-12-11T15:30:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T15:30:53","slug":"early-communication-total-communication","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/multi-sensory-impairment\/early-communication\/early-communication-total-communication\/","title":{"rendered":"Early Communication &#8211; Total Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A total communication approach allows learners to communicate in the most accessible way to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Non-verbal:<\/strong> Body movements, eye pointing, gestures.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Language-based communication:<\/strong> Speech, lip reading, deafblind manual alphabet, sign systems, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/deaf-or-hard-of-hearing\/british-sign-language\/\">British Sign Language (BSL)<\/a>, Makaton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/multi-sensory-impairment\/on-body-signs\/\">on body signs<\/a> or hand under hand signs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Symbol systems:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/multi-sensory-impairment\/early-communication\/early-communication-objects-of-reference-oor\/\">Objects of reference<\/a>, Widgit, Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS), line drawings, pictures and photographs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Some typical responses<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uses their chosen communication method to show <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/send\/areas-of-need\/sensory-and-or-physical\/multi-sensory-impairment\/early-communication\/early-communication-preferences\/\">preferences<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Uses intentional communication, e.g. pushing away \/ reaching for objects.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows understanding of signs and symbols used within familiar routines, e.g. more \/ stop \/ finish.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Differentiates between familiar adults.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shows understanding of familiar symbols in context by showing pleasure of rejection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Contact your Advisory Teacher for additional advice and support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total communication approach allows learners to communicate in the most accessible way to them. Some examples Some typical responses Contact your Advisory Teacher for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2646,"featured_media":0,"parent":28077,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-28091","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-18 23:25:39","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2646"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28091"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29671,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28091\/revisions\/29671"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/support-schools-settings\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}