{"id":6791,"date":"2017-08-24T16:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/?p=6791"},"modified":"2017-08-24T16:08:09","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T16:08:09","slug":"how-can-talking-mats-help-in-determining-capacity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/how-can-talking-mats-help-in-determining-capacity\/","title":{"rendered":"How can Talking Mats help in determining capacity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second in a two part discussion on decision making and determining capacity, this time looking at how Talking Mats can help. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/considering-mental-capacity\/\">Click here for the previous blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where Talking Mats comes into play is by allowing people to consider each option around a decision and then make their decision when they place the symbol under the appropriate top scale. We have found that many people, who would otherwise be judged not to have capacity, can show that they can indeed understand and express their views so that they can be acted upon. Equally our work so far indicates that if someone cannot use Talking Mats this may be an indication that they do not have capacity for that particular decision.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/capacity-diagram.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6706\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/capacity-diagram-300x300.png\" alt=\"capacity diagram\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talking Mats supports the four criteria which are required in determining mental capacity. The table below lists some of the elements which Talking Mats provides to support each of the 4 criteria.<\/p>\n<p>(Click on the image to enlarge)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-and-capacity.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6793\" src=\"http:\/\/www.talkingmats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/TM-and-capacity-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"TM and capacity\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Are these 4 criteria applicable and helpful in your setting?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the second in a two part discussion on decision making and determining capacity, this time looking at how&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":4427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How can Talking Mats help in determining capacity? 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