How staff pursue questions to adults with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 361-370

  Finlay, W M L ^a   Antaki, C ^b  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Conversation analysis; Intellectual disabilities; Interaction; Questions; Staff

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVERSATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; GROUP HOMES; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 84858447311     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01478.x     Document Type: Article

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