Joint Strategic Needs Assessment ROTHERHAM May 2011 -2- Table of Contents What is a Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA)? ................................................... Why do we need a JSNA? .............................................................................................. 1. Demographic Profile 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 2. 6 6 Population Numbers ................................................................
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Assignment 3 Analyse how a range of factors can impact on individuals with sensory loss including: Communication Information Familiar layouts and routines Mobility Discuss each of these headings in relation to each of the three types of sensory loss. Communication. Having hearing loss can impact everyday life. It prevents people from being able to watch television properly‚ use a telephone‚ hear a doorbell ring or communicate effectively with other people. It can impose feelings of isolation
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Brenna Weaver 25 September 2014 Fred Palchick ALS I Risks and Benefits of Cochlear Implants Whether a cochlear implant will be beneficial to a person depends on that individual altogether. Age‚ compatibility‚ and funding are all important factors that help decide if a cochlear implant will be beneficial or even available. Age is very critical because in human development there is a sensitive period with hearing. A sensitive period is a certain amount of time that is given for a person to be exposed
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body and face to make signs which represent words and phrases. Makaton: is a form of signing which is intended to support speech‚ not replace it. It is a simple form of signing which can be used with any people who have difficulty forming words. Deaf-blind manual alphabet: The person signs letters on to the hand of the recipient to spell out what they wish to communicate. Braille: It is raised dots on paper formed into set patterns which
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First‚ an anecdotal record can be defined as a short written story of one incident that is developmental significance (Nicolson & Shipstead‚ 1998‚ p. 151) The story is short and records the child’s or children’s age. In addition‚ the developmental significance is stated. The second method is a checklist (Nicolson & Shipstead‚ 1998‚ p. 158-172). A checklist is a list of behaviors/ noticeable behaviors. A checklist is easy to use and leaves little room for bias. Checklists can be used to determine
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Hearing and Visual Impairments 1 Grand Canyon University Robert Tate April 1‚ 2014 Instructor- Kendra Williamson-Henriques Hearing and Visual Impairments 2 Visual Impairments Understanding the struggles that hearing and visual impaired people go through has to be a tough challenge
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In this essay I am going to identify and describe different forms of communication. I will also be using examples from health and social care sector. Communication is started through the communication cycle which is defined as “The process involved in building and understanding of what another person is communicating” (BTEC first health and social‚ 2006). To interact with people we communicate‚ we can communicate in many ways such as speaking‚ writing and signs. There are many different forms
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Another is eyesight or vision‚ the person who suffers from this disability have a very hard time communicating or even to express themselves to what they want to do and wishes without the help of other person. This case is the same with a person who is deaf or can not hear anything. And sometimes when you suffer from this disabilities‚ people are easily judge you in a way that they try to seclude you or belong you to have a below average intelligence and assume that you can not do or think the same as
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Another situation where a man was born deaf‚ never talking or hearing his story in explained by Susan Toller in “Words that changed the World”. Il De Fonso on the other hand was born deaf‚ never learning what speaking or language was. He had always thought in pictures for his entire life. This is what he believed was the normal thing in life‚ never hearing a single
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For many years d/Deaf and hard of hearing individuals have been struggling not only as a minority in a majority hearing society but also with conflicts within their own society. Though many people outside of the deaf culture may view deafness as a disability that needs to be fixed‚ Deaf individuals are proud of their difference. This portfolio is designed to assess every aspect of deafness‚ both as a cultural entity and as a medical deficit. But first‚ what does the term “deafness” refer to? Deafness
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