Module 7: Communication
Meet Alfie
Alfie is a seven-year-old who loves their classmates and loves to laugh. Alfie is a student with a severe intellectual disability, a seizure disorder, and difficulties with vision. Alfie can follow some simple instructions in familiar routines: communicating by using facial expressions, gestures, some vocalizations, and some individualized signs. Alfie will, on occasion, raise his hand when greeting other people and some members of his school team.
Watch these videos of Alfie with friends.
- What did you see Alfie do to communicate?
- Was Alfie easy to understand?
- What did Alfie’s peers think he was saying?
- How would you communicate with Alfie?
Alfie’s communication might not look like many of his classmates. That’s because communication is more complicated than we think. Let’s dive into what it takes to communicate.
