CHAPTER 4 96 Table 1 Observation of the children and interviewer, organized by communication level; (partly) unsuccessful interviews are marked with # Case Interview setting Communication observation SIGNAL LEVEL I 1 At home, mother and father present, limited involvement in the conversation The child provides information and asks questions to the interviewer. She is often in her own fantasy world and communicates with and through her doll about the questions asked. She mainly discusses daily activities, e.g. eating a sandwich, sleeping. When she talks about what she does in the morning, she jumps from one subject to another. She very occasionally answers a question adequately. She has difficulty in answering questions with a time signature. The help that mother offers to give an answer does not always help to come to a correct answer (giving a complementary sentence or giving the first sound of a word). 3# At home, mother present and involved in interpreting communication (only non-verbal) The child reacts either by winking his eyes, which means yes or by moving his eyes up which means no. He does not respond quickly, and his movements are very subtle sometimes. When the interviewer asks question in general about a topic. He does not respond, or his answers are not always correct according to his mother. She will then rephrase the question and give more information about the topic. She will give information about a certain situation in the life of the child. For example: / Do you like it when grand mom reads to you from the Harry Potter book?/ 6# At home, mother and father present, limited involvement in the conversation The child imitates gestures and words of the interviewer or parents. He asks question about what the interviewer is doing and if the interviewer went with a car to his house. The sentences are not grammatical correct and most are short (two or three words); most questions are answered with yes. He does not use the word ‘I’; he refers to himself with his name. The child does not understand all the pictures and needs further explanation. He gives additional information on one occasion. In most cases he answers a question with yes which is not always appropriate. On two occasions, the child does not directly answer the question, but what he says fits the context of the question. His mother helps him by giving a complementary phrase or she gives the first sound of the word. This does not aid the child. SIGNAL LEVEL II 2 At home, mother present and involved in making communication easier The child can answer questions about what and where. He needs guidance to answer these questions in the form of repeating the question, using picto’s, point to an object in the room, giving the first sound of the word or to point him to the Talking mats. The instruction of using the Talking mats must be repeated several times. The child understands the picto’s and he can link them to his own situation. Sometimes he needs some help choosing between the two options. For example, eating, he says he does not like that, however his mother asks him about pancakes and then he can give some other examples of food that he likes. He also speaks about his grandmothers’ pancakes. He uses non grammatical, short sentences with two to five words. He uses the infinitive verb.
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