Social Networks DVD

Helps individuals with complex communication needs and their families determine the most appropriate technologies.

Social Networks DVD

The Social Networks video features five individuals with complex communication needs and their social network of family, friends, acquaintances, paid professionals and people in the community (store clerks for example.)

The video depicts how the Social Networks Communication Inventory by Sarah Blackstone and Mary Hunt Berg can assist teams in (1) setting goals, (2) measuring outcomes, (3) making transition plans and (4) preparing IEPs, IPPs and so on. Also, the Social Networks video can increase the likelihood that teams collaborate and make good decisions about assistive technology recommendations.

Planning communication strategies includes the varying needs of listeners, recognizing that communicating with family is usually easier and will require less assistance than communicating with casual acquaintances or strangers. Social Networks is grounded in the principles of functional goal-setting and person-centered planning.

Social Networks Manual

This Manual is designed to help professionals work with family members and individuals who have complex communication needs. Use this resource to help determine appropriate communication strategies and technologies for clients to use with their communication partners.

Options

• Social Networks DVD, SN06.
• Social Networks Inventory Booklets x 2, SN01, (2 booklets with purchase) is used to collect information about communication partners and currents modes of expression
• Social Networks Manual, SN02, helps you guide and refine the intervention process. Informant responses are recorded in a Social Network Inventory booklet, collecting information about their communication partners and current modes of expression, spiral bound, 50 pages, 2003.
• Social Networks Caseload Package, SN17, includes the DVD (25 min, 2003) plus 12 inventory booklets and a practitioner's manual, spiral bound, 50 pages, 2003.
• Social Networks Inventory Booklets Bundle, SNW12AUT, with 12 Inventory Booklets
• Social Networks Introductory Package, SN11S, includes a Manual, 1 Inventory Booklet, a Win/Mac CD with PDF and customizable Word document, and a DVD

By Sarah Blackstone, Ph.D. and Mary Hunt-Berg, Ph.D. Video or DVD, 25 min., 2003.

Translations

The Social Networks Manual and Inventory booklet are being translated into several languages, including Catalan, Chinese, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Spanish and Swedish. Most are now available.