Multi-sensory storytelling PMLD. Version 1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Carers' experiences of multi-sensory storytelling with adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities: how might this inform Speech and Language Therapy service delivery?
IRAS ID
192029
Contact name
Janelle Yorke
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Manchester
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 8 months, 9 days
Research summary
People with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities (PMLD) often have great difficulty communicating and understanding spoken words. Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) is a way of including people with PMLD in storytelling. It is often recommended by Speech and Language Therapists who work in Learning Disability services.
A multi-sensory story is a short story written in 8-10 short sentences. Each of the sentences has an accompanying sensory experience – something to look at, hear, feel, smell or taste. The reader reads a sentence aloud and then supports the listener to explore the sensory experience. The sensory experiences represent the words, so the listener can follow the story and the sequence, even if they don’t understand the words.
This study focuses on the views of carers who work in PMLD day services. A group of carers will be trained to use MSST before the study begins. Participants will be recruited from this pool of trained carers. The participating carers will use MSST in their day service and then they will be interviewed about their experiences.
The study aims to understand how carers experience MSST. It aims to find out how carers’ experiences can help us use MSST within Speech and Language Therapy services for people with PMLD.REC name
Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
16/YH/0005
Date of REC Opinion
10 Feb 2016
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion