Concept Cluster
Describing Now is the second cluster of concepts for the Consider Communication project.
These ideas move through a framework to describe what a person is practically expressing. These ideas help us see the baseline skills that are already being used by a person.
Share What You Know
Who are the experts on how a person with complex needs communicates? Usually, the experts are the people who are…
Motor Planning
What is Motor Planning? A skill that allows us to remember and do the steps in the right order to…
Messages Now
What do we know about communication? Everyone communicates, but not everyone can speak Someone may not speak well enough to…
Motivation
What does the person like? • Look at what the person likes to do. • What do they share with…
Related Skills
What skills play a role in helping us learn to communicate? • Attending is paying attention. Communication depends on each…
Reasons – Why Communicate?
4 Important Reasons to Communicate Requesting Telling others what we want Making choices Telling others when we need help Controlling…
On Purpose Or By Accident
Communicating without meaning to The early form of communication: When newborns cry, they are communicating. We respond by giving them…
What Is Working Now?
A person’s functional communication is what is working best for that person right now. Functional Communication… is anything that helps…
