Getting the Picture: Inference and Narrative Skills for Young People with Communication Difficulties

110 Pages·2011·3.06 MB·English

by  David Nash

Get tinG the Picture
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Get tinG the Picture
Inference and Narrative Skills for Young People with Communication Difficulties
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
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First published in 2011
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Copyright © David Nash 2011
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AcknowledGements
David Nash would like to thank Tess Mullins and Gaynor Wall for their work in the early
development of this book, and Hannah Williams and Gemma Green for their support and
guidance.
This book would not be possible without the students who have helped to develop the
worksheets by pointing out my mistakes.
Oliver would like to thank Becky for her patience, and Mum and Dad.
contents
Introduction 9
chapter 1 Inference from a single Picture 17
chapter 2 Inference from a Picture sequence 43
chapter 3 Inference and narrative: the big Picture 69
chapter 4 sequencing skills 95
references 109

introduction
Inference
Inference is an important skill in our daily communication and is often taken for granted. To
comprehend almost any situation we must infer meaning to make sense of what is happening
around us. To infer is to predict, to make a hypothesis, to guess.
We comprehend when we assimilate two sources of information:
1. The information we receive through our senses (seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling and
touching).
2. The information stored in our long-term memory.
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