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Discovering Marte Meo and Contact
Author(s)	Paul Whitby
Journal title	FPOP Newsletter, no 122, January 2013
Publisher	British Psychological Society, January 2013
Pages	pp 43-49
Source	www.bps.org.uk
Keywords	Speech disorders ; Cognitive impairment ; Communication ; Clinical psychologists ; Advocacy ; Methodology ; Norway ; Denmark ; Netherlands.
Annotation	Marte Meo means "by one's own strength", and is a counselling or coaching method intended to improve the quality of interactions between staff and people with communication or developmental difficulties. It uses brief video recordings of episodes of care which are then analysed by a member of staff and a Marte Meo therapist, to focus on positive aspects of communication and responsiveness. The author investigates examples of this technique's use in Norway and Denmark. He then describes the Contact programme being used in the Netherlands, which also uses video, but unedited, so that both good and bad moments are considered. He considers how these methods might be used to inform practice with front-line care staff on "what works". (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-130322214 A
Classmark	EF: E4: U: QT9A: IQ: 3D: 76N: 76K: 76H
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