Alternative Communication 2500-PO-2L-KOMALT

1. Communication - language - language
Terminology analysis and defining basic notions necessary for understanding the material of the remaining part of the course. Establishing basic course requirements, rules concerning conducting classes, pass- mark requirements.
2. Conditions of use of alternative communication.
Factors determining the use of alternative communication techniques, language vs. communication. Prosthetic limbs vs. formation of communication skills. The importance of content deliverance through alternative techniques. Communication analysis by prof. Karczmarek – sending and delivering of a message. Basics of Neurolinguistics – prof. Bozydar Kaczmarek’s approach.
3. Alternative ways of communication with a child.
Division into different ways of communication according to different forms of information encoding – based on types of signals. Message, signal and other forms of communication in nature according to Jean’s Aitchison’s The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Are alternative communication methods necessary and what difficulties can they cause in social development? – based on prof. T. Gałkowski’s research on individuals with hearing impairment..
4. Glottodydaktyka ( innovative language teaching method)- elements of language development
Ontogenesis of speech and language. Basis of language development in terms of speech periods and the connection between speech, phonematic hearing development and language rules’ formation – communication and language competence. Periods and stages according to prof. M. Zarębina, prof. Karczmarek, J.B. De. Courtenay
5. Psycholinguistics.
Approaches to psycholinguistics – Noam Chomsky and his conception of human speech development. Language logics and child language development.
6. Non- verbal ways of Communication.
Division and Basic terminology according to
Von Tetzchner S., Martinsen H.’s work
Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Sign Teaching and the Use of Communication AIDS for Children.
What are and what do basic forms of communications serve for? – alternative and augmentative communication. Divisions and drawbacks of language used to describe alternative communication.
7. Gesture
Basic form of communication. Gesture as a sign, supporting communication with the use body language. Possibilities and limitations connected with the use of gestures.. Basic gestures in communication. Attempts of systematization and generalization. Using The Evaluation Questionnaire of Communication Behaviour prepared by K. Cracovienne and Panasiuk.
8. Sign Language and the language of symbols.
Sign Language basics. History – M. Keller. Elementary signs and their use with minimum amount of gesture. Division into gestular and manual alphabet language. Difficulties connected with grammar, orthography and decoding manual alphabet messages. National sign language- Kazimierz Hendzel’s dictionary.
9. Phonogestics- basic everyday usage of phono-gestures .CD
10. Bliss System
Language vs. symbol. Bliss System- origins of international communication – history. Pictographic language characters – encoding characters and messages. Use and limitations of Bliss symbols.
11. Facilitated communication
Great discovery of Facilitated Communication – first qualification of certain developmental disorders as undiagnosable when it comes to establishing intelligence quotient and ability to communicate. Limitations of facilitated communication method according to D. McBurney’s How to Think Like a Psychologist.
Usage of the method in UK, choosing a communication support partner. Limitations of and controversy about facilitated communication method. Film.
12. Methodology of maintaining communication with a child using alternative and aided communication techniques. Elementary rules concerning work with a child unable to communicate – based on S.Von Tetzchner and H. Martinsen’s approach.
13. Other ways of non-verbal communication – aiding message reception on the example of multisensory stimulation and therapy based on Ch. Knill’s ideas .
Basic knowledge of Knill’s techniques used in therapy of children with distorted perception and maintaining communication..
Workshop and video film.
Supporting interpersonal communication within a family-Sherborne’s Developmental Movement Method.
Maintaining basic communication using Developmental Movement Method. Using basic techniques of R. Laban. Possibility of using the method in question in therapy processes with children displaying a variety of disorders, for improving communication within a family. Communicating with one’s body.
Workshop focusing on touch and communication. Individual and group therapy based on Veronica Sherborne’s Developmental Movement Method.

1. Communication - language - language
Terminology analysis and defining basic notions necessary for understanding the material of the remaining part of the course. Establishing basic course requirements, rules concerning conducting classes, pass- mark requirements.
2. Conditions of use of alternative communication.
Factors determining the use of alternative communication techniques, language vs. communication. Prosthetic limbs vs. formation of communication skills. The importance of content deliverance through alternative techniques. Communication analysis by prof. Karczmarek – sending and delivering of a message. Basics of Neurolinguistics – prof. Bozydar Kaczmarek’s approach.
3. Alternative ways of communication with a child.
Division into different ways of communication according to different forms of information encoding – based on types of signals. Message, signal and other forms of communication in nature according to Jean’s Aitchison’s The Articulate Mammal: An Introduction to Psycholinguistics. Are alternative communication methods necessary and what difficulties can they cause in social development? – based on prof. T. Gałkowski’s research on individuals with hearing impairment..
4. Glottodydaktyka ( innovative language teaching method)- elements of language development
Ontogenesis of speech and language. Basis of language development in terms of speech periods and the connection between speech, phonematic hearing development and language rules’ formation – communication and language competence. Periods and stages according to prof. M. Zarębina, prof. Karczmarek, J.B. De. Courtenay
5. Psycholinguistics.
Approaches to psycholinguistics – Noam Chomsky and his conception of human speech development. Language logics and child language development.
6. Non- verbal ways of Communication.
Division and Basic terminology according to
Von Tetzchner S., Martinsen H.’s work
Introduction to Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Sign Teaching and the Use of Communication AIDS for Children.
What are and what do basic forms of communications serve for? – alternative and augmentative communication. Divisions and drawbacks of language used to describe alternative communication.
7. Gesture
Basic form of communication. Gesture as a sign, supporting communication with the use body language. Possibilities and limitations connected with the use of gestures.. Basic gestures in communication. Attempts of systematization and generalization. Using The Evaluation Questionnaire of Communication Behaviour prepared by K. Cracovienne and Panasiuk.
8. Sign Language and the language of symbols.
Sign Language basics. History – M. Keller. Elementary signs and their use with minimum amount of gesture. Division into gestular and manual alphabet language. Difficulties connected with grammar, orthography and decoding manual alphabet messages. National sign language- Kazimierz Hendzel’s dictionary.
9. Phonogestics- basic everyday usage of phono-gestures .CD
10. Bliss System
Language vs. symbol. Bliss System- origins of international communication – history. Pictographic language characters – encoding characters and messages. Use and limitations of Bliss symbols.
11. Facilitated communication
Great discovery of Facilitated Communication – first qualification of certain developmental disorders as undiagnosable when it comes to establishing intelligence quotient and ability to communicate. Limitations of facilitated communication method according to D. McBurney’s How to Think Like a Psychologist.
Usage of the method in UK, choosing a communication support partner. Limitations of and controversy about facilitated communication method. Film.
12. Methodology of maintaining communication with a child using alternative and aided communication techniques. Elementary rules concerning work with a child unable to communicate – based on S.Von Tetzchner and H. Martinsen’s approach.
13. Other ways of non-verbal communication – aiding message reception on the example of multisensory stimulation and therapy based on Ch. Knill’s ideas .
Basic knowledge of Knill’s techniques used in therapy of children with distorted perception and maintaining communication..
Workshop and video film.
Supporting interpersonal communication within a family-Sherborne’s Developmental Movement Method.
Maintaining basic communication using Developmental Movement Method. Using basic techniques of R. Laban. Possibility of using the method in question in therapy processes with children displaying a variety of disorders, for improving communication within a family. Communicating with one’s body.
Workshop focusing on touch and communication. Individual and group therapy based on Veronica Sherborne’s Developmental Movement Method.

Aitchison L. (1991) Ssak, który mówi. Wstęp do psycholingwistyki, PWN, Warszawa
Beerns C.W. (1984) Umysł, który sam siebie odnalazł, PTWP, Warszawa
Błeszyński J. (1998) Mowa i język dzieci z autyzmem. Wybrane zagadnienia. WU WSP, Słupsk
Błeszyński J. (1999) Metoda ułatwionej komunikacji, Dziecko Autystyczne, nr VII/1, s. 26- 35
Błeszyński J. p. red. (2006, 2009) Alternatywne i wspomagające metody komunikacji, Impuls, Kraków
Błeszyński J., Baczała D. (2014), Metody komunikacji alternatywnej i wspomagającej, UMK, Toruń
Garman M. (1990) Psycholinguistics, UP, Cambridge
Gaś Z. p.red. (1994) Wspomaganie rozwoju dziecka, PWF Masz Szansę, Lublin
Grycman M., Kaniecka K. (1994) Porozmawiajmy, Publishing House, Bydgoszcz
Hendzel J.K. (1995) Słownik polskiego języka migowego, W OFFER, Warszawa
Jastrzębska G. (1998) Podstawyteorii i diagnozy logopedycznej, WUO, Opole,
Jastrzębska G. (1999) Logopedia. Podręcznik akademicki, WUO, Opole
Kaczmarek L. (1987) Nasze dziecko uczy się mowy, WL, Kraków
Kurcz I (1976) Psycholingwistyka. Przegląd problemów badawczych, PWN, Warszawa
Kurcz I. (1995) Pamięć, uczenie się, język PWN, Warszawa
Materiały seminaryjne Centrum Rozwoju Komunikacji. Ośrodek Szkoleniowy BLISS (niedatowany) , Warszawa
Ostrander O., Schroeder L. (1995) Superlearning 2000. Podręcznik. Nowa metoda szybkiego uczenia się i nauczania, Wyd. Medium, Warszawa
Piszczek M. (1995) Wczesna interwencja i pomoc dzieciom niepełnosprawnym (materiały szkoleniowe), CMP PPMEN, Warszawa
Piszczek M. (1999) Program aktywności M. i Ch. Knill, CMP PPMEN, Warszawa
Rocławski B. (1993) Nauka czytania i pisania, W UG, Gdańsk
Sack O. (1994) O mężczyźnie, który pomylił swoją żonę z kapeluszem, Warszawa
Słownik symboli Blissa. Centrum Rozwoju Komunikacji. Ośrodek Szkoleniowy BLISS (niedatowany) , Warszawa
Sołtys – Chmielowicz A., Tkaczyk G. (1993) Usprawnianie mowy u dzieci specjalnej troski, W UMCS, Lublin
Zalewska M. (1998) Dziecko w autoportrecie z zamalowaną twarzą. Psychologiczne mechanizmy rozwoju tożsamości dziecka głuchego i dziecka opóźnionym rozwojem mowy, J.Santorski, Warszawa
Zaorska M. (2005) Komunikacja alternatywna i głuchoniewidomych, Apkapit, Toruń.

Aitchison L. (1991) Ssak, który mówi. Wstęp do psycholingwistyki, PWN, Warszawa
Beerns C.W. (1984) Umysł, który sam siebie odnalazł, PTWP, Warszawa
Błeszyński J. (1998) Mowa i język dzieci z autyzmem. Wybrane zagadnienia. WU WSP, Słupsk
Błeszyński J. (1999) Metoda ułatwionej komunikacji, Dziecko Autystyczne, nr VII/1, s. 26- 35
Błeszyński J. p. red. (2006, 2009) Alternatywne i wspomagające metody komunikacji, Impuls, Kraków
Błeszyński J., Baczała D. (2014), Metody komunikacji alternatywnej i wspomagającej, UMK, Toruń
Garman M. (1990) Psycholinguistics, UP, Cambridge
Gaś Z. p.red. (1994) Wspomaganie rozwoju dziecka, PWF Masz Szansę, Lublin
Grycman M., Kaniecka K. (1994) Porozmawiajmy, Publishing House, Bydgoszcz
Hendzel J.K. (1995) Słownik polskiego języka migowego, W OFFER, Warszawa
Jastrzębska G. (1998) Podstawyteorii i diagnozy logopedycznej, WUO, Opole,
Jastrzębska G. (1999) Logopedia. Podręcznik akademicki, WUO, Opole
Kaczmarek L. (1987) Nasze dziecko uczy się mowy, WL, Kraków
Kurcz I (1976) Psycholingwistyka. Przegląd problemów badawczych, PWN, Warszawa
Kurcz I. (1995) Pamięć, uczenie się, język PWN, Warszawa
Materiały seminaryjne Centrum Rozwoju Komunikacji. Ośrodek Szkoleniowy BLISS (niedatowany) , Warszawa
Ostrander O., Schroeder L. (1995) Superlearning 2000. Podręcznik. Nowa metoda szybkiego uczenia się i nauczania, Wyd. Medium, Warszawa
Piszczek M. (1995) Wczesna interwencja i pomoc dzieciom niepełnosprawnym (materiały szkoleniowe), CMP PPMEN, Warszawa
Piszczek M. (1999) Program aktywności M. i Ch. Knill, CMP PPMEN, Warszawa
Rocławski B. (1993) Nauka czytania i pisania, W UG, Gdańsk
Sack O. (1994) O mężczyźnie, który pomylił swoją żonę z kapeluszem, Warszawa
Słownik symboli Blissa. Centrum Rozwoju Komunikacji. Ośrodek Szkoleniowy BLISS (niedatowany) , Warszawa
Sołtys – Chmielowicz A., Tkaczyk G. (1993) Usprawnianie mowy u dzieci specjalnej troski, W UMCS, Lublin
Zalewska M. (1998) Dziecko w autoportrecie z zamalowaną twarzą. Psychologiczne mechanizmy rozwoju tożsamości dziecka głuchego i dziecka opóźnionym rozwojem mowy, J.Santorski, Warszawa
Zaorska M. (2005) Komunikacja alternatywna i głuchoniewidomych, Apkapit, Toruń.