Co-production and pilot of a structured interview using Talking Mats® to survey the television viewing habits and preferences of adults and young people with learning disabilities

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-11

  Bunning, Karen ^a   Alder, Ruth ^b   Proudman, Lydia ^c   Wyborn, Harriet ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Harford Manor Special School   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^d Gravesham Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co production; graphic representations; interview; linguistic analysis; Talking Mats

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964700397     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bld.12167     Document Type: Article

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