Communication intervention for persons with profound disabilities: A swedish perspective

Abstract

This paper presents a state-of-the-art discussion of communication intervention for persons with profound disabilities in Sweden. The purpose of the paper is to relate communication intervention to levels of prevention in the perspective of three decades of normalization and integration. Research papers and clinical papers by Swedish authors on communication intervention with persons with profound disabilities are reviewed. The discussion focuses on the assessment, goals/objectives, and intervention methods for secondary and tertiary prevention. Areas of future research are discussed.

• communication intervention
• levels of prevention
• profound disabilities
• Sweden