Growing numbers of minimally- and non-speaking people are being subjected to Facilitated Communication and Rapid Prompting Method / Spellers Method.
In this webinar, you will learn about
- the history and features of these techniques, and reasons for their growing popularity
- the populations most vulnerable to having their communication rights violated using Facilitated Communication or Rapid Prompting (Spellers Method)
- how to recognise if Facilitated Communication and variants are being used
- how authorship is checked, and actions to take to improve access to communication rights.
- ways to safeguard the communication rights of minimally- or non-speaking people
Implications for people providing assistance for minimally- or non-speaking people to communicate will be discussed in relation to the ASID Position Statement on Facilitated Communication and Rapid Prompting Method.
This webinar will be one hour of presentation and 30 minutes of discussion and questions.
