Using Intensive Interaction and Sensory Integration

Author: Jane Horwood
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846428076
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off and overwhelmed, and their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage with people who are non-verbal or semi-verbal and sometimes even those who have speech but lose the power to process it when they are in crisis. We can help them to make sense of the world. Intensive Interaction uses a person’s own body language to make contact with them and Sensory Integration develops the capacity of an individual to receive, process and apply meaning to information provided by the senses through targeted physical activities. These techniques can be used to develop an environment tailored to the particular sensory needs of the person with severe autism, reducing factors that cause distress. With illustrations, case examples and a wide range of tried-and-tested techniques, this practical guide provides indispensable tools for parents, carers and other professionals supporting people with severe autism and other learning disabilities.

Understanding Intensive Interaction

Author: Graham Firth
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843109824
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 243

Book Description
This compendium offers a multidisciplinary perspective to intensive interaction, bringing together the authors' experience and research from different disciplines. Each chapter is devoted to an over-arching concept - including psychological theories of human behaviour, relationship building and maintenance and social inclusion.

Using Intensive Interaction with a Person with a Social or Communicative Impairment

Author: Graham Firth
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 0857002910
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 162

Book Description
Intensive Interaction is a highly effective approach for communicating and developing social interaction and engagement with difficult-to-reach individuals. This easy-to-use guide steers readers through the practical application of the approach, showing how positive results can best be achieved. The authors explain clearly how to prepare for, carry out and reflect on the use of Intensive Interaction with a client or family member. A multitude of key questions are addressed, including finding the right setting, evaluating progress and disengaging effectively at the end of a session. In the final section they consider some of the wider implications of the approach, such as developing confidence as a practitioner and incorporating Intensive Interaction into long-term care or educational planning. This practical and accessible book is a useful resource for speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, special school or further education teachers, social care professionals and anyone else caring for or working with people with social or communicative impairments. It will also be useful to practitioners already using the approach.

Responsive Communication

Author: Phoebe Caldwell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781912755363
Category : Autistic people
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Responsive Communication will benefit support staff, professionals and family members supporting autistic adults and children and people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals with Communicative Impairments

Author: Mary Suzanne Zeedyk
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 184310539X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
The book presents approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people with a communication impairment. It looks at a range of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, sensory integration and music therapy, for people with a wide range of impairments including autism and dementia.

Promoting Social Interaction for Individuals with Communicative Impairments

Author: Suzanne Zeedyk
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1846427835
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 194

Book Description
All humans have an innate need and ability to communicate with others, and this book presents successful approaches to nurturing communicative abilities in people who have some type of communication impairment. The contributors look at a wide range of approaches, including intensive interaction, co-creative communication, sensory integration and music therapy, for a variety of impairments, including autism, profound learning disabilities, deafblindness, severe early neglect and dementia. This wide perspective provides insight into what it feels like to struggle with a communicative impairment, and how those who work with and care about such individuals can and should think more creatively about how to make contact with them. Covering both the theory and practical implementation of different interventions, this book will be invaluable for health and social work professionals, psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, speech and language therapists, as well as researchers, teachers and students in these fields.

Intensive Interaction

Author: Dave Hewett
Publisher: SAGE
ISBN: 1446253783
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
Intensive Interaction is an approach to teaching the fundamentals of communication to children and adults who have severe learning difficulties or autism, and who are still at an early stage of communication development. Its simplicity and effectiveness has been one of the major themes in the widespread practitioner dissemination that has taken place during the last twenty years. Despite the human simplicity of the approach, intensive interaction relates to, or is influenced in practice by, a wide range of interconnecting theories and academic standpoints. With contributions from leading authorities, Dave Hewett provides a comprehensive and detailed description of the theoretical landscape of a now established methodology. The most prominent related theories and issues are reviewed, with Intensive Interaction set within their contexts. Issues covered include: - the approach within education and the curriculum - intensive interaction within adult services - effects on organisational change and development - neurology and learning outcomes - intensive Interaction and the Central Triad of autism - emotional learning and development outcomes - adoption of Intensive Interaction Providing a timely theoretical and academic overview to Intensive Interaction practice, this book marks a substantial theoretical waypoint to future development of interactive approaches generally. It is a vital resource of in-depth knowledge for anyone studying Special Educational Needs and Education. Dave Hewett is an independent educational consultant and has published widely on Intensive Interaction since his role in its development.

Finding You Finding Me

Author: Phoebe Caldwell
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843103990
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Based on many years of working with such people, many of whom have withdrawn into a world of their own, Phoebe Caldwell explores the different sensory reality they experience, showing it to be infinitely more complex and varied than is widely understood.

SenseAbilities

Author: Maryann Colby Trott
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Senses and sensation in children
Languages : en
Pages : 88

Book Description

Understanding Sensory Dysfunction

Author: Polly Godwin Emmons
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
ISBN: 1843108062
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 177

Book Description
This book is comprehensive resource for addressing sensory dysfunction in children, using practical strategies to help them reach their full potential at home, school and in the community. Focusing on early intervention, it provides integration activities, assessment and curricular modifications, treatment options and equipment and resources.