CHAPTER 4 98 Table 1 Continued Case Interview setting Communication observation SIGNAL LEVEL II 7 At the hospital, mother and father present and involved in the conversation The child sometimes reacts of its own accord to the picture shown. She answers the questions of the interviewer about the pictures. The child answers most questions herself and almost all the answers match the question. One example when she does not answer the question correctly: a picture of crafting and the child answers with ‘your feet will get tired’ On some occasions, parents provide additional information. Not all questions that deal with explaining a situation, for example /How is the story of the play?/ are answered. The child then only mentions objects that are visible in the picture but does not give an explanation. On one occasion with the Talking Mats® she gives an explanation about why the activity is not pleasant. In one or two moments the child gives additional information, for example /I played there with another girl/. Or she mentioned something in the room and points at it. The child can answer the questions about what she does or does not like without the use of the Talking mats. She uses short sentences with sometimes a conjunction: /but/, /and/, / because/; sometimes she uses ungrammatical sentences. SYMBOL LEVEL I 4 At home, mother present but not involved The child answers most of the questions without any help. She will give new information concerning the topic. She will not add new topics to the conversation outside of the conversation topic. Questions in which the child is asked to give an opinion are often answered with: /I don't know/. Her mother sometimes helps answering or the interviewer asks a supplementary question. The child uses short sentences with sometimes a conjunction: /but/, /and/, / therefore/, /because/. 8 At home, mother present and involved in the communication The child can name the pictures (Talking Mats®) by itself. The child can answer questions about what and where. He has difficulties with answering questions beginning with why. He than answers: /Because I don’t like that/. However, he does not elaborate why he doesn’t like that situation. He only gives examples of things he does in real live or a relation with real live. For example: going to the swimming pool or taking a bath. He uses short sentences with sometimes a conjunction: /but/, /and/, /because/. He can answer most questions. His mother helps him sometimes and completes what he is saying. SYMBOL LEVEL II 5# At home, mother and father present and involved in facilitating communication The child understands the questions without further clarification needed. He can easily answer questions with Why, how, etc. Language is sometimes an obstacle for him to comprehend the questions. His mother translates the questions if he does not understand the Dutch question. After translation he comprehended the questions. He can use complex sentences with conjunctions. He uses phrases that have cause and consequences. He can stay with one topic. The child is able to talk about issues other than those that relate to the present moment and about multiple situations.
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