Facilitated Communication Training: the book
Facilitated Communication Training
Rosemary Crossley
This basic guide was published by Teachers College Press at Columbia University N.Y. in 1994.
Introduction to Facilitated Communication Training
How FCT started - and what it is
1. Assessment for Facilitated Communication Training
Who FCT is for
2. Facilitated Communication Training: How and When?
What kind of problems does FCT address?
3. Structuring Success
What to do when you've established communication
4. Literacy
The myths that surround reading and writing
5. Do's and Dont's for Receivers of Non-Speech Communication
Do's and Dont's for Receivers of Non-Speech Communication
6. Getting Physical
Posture and Upper Limb Function
7. Reducing Support
Moving towards independence
8. Word finding Problems
Why people who can use a communication device still have problems communicating
9. Assessment of People with Severe Communication Impairment
Testing people with SCI is difficult and calls for special strategies
10. Who Said That?
Establishing the validity of particular communications
11. Who Did What and To Whom
How to deal with allegations made through FC
13. Appendices
- Common Hand Function Problems
- Basic Principles of Facilitation
- Select Bibliography
Dedication
To Chris Borthwick, who, as ever, did all the cooking,
and to Anne McDonald, who lived through it.
On to the Introduction