The Intensive Interaction Handbook (PDF)

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Synopsis

Intensive interaction is an approach to teaching the pre-speech 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. This book is a practical guide to help those wishing to implement intensive interaction in their setting, and it provides detailed advice and step-by-step guidance as well as a consideration of all the issues associated with carrying out this approach.

It considers:
- preparing for intensive interaction
- observing intensive interaction in progress
- doing intensive interaction at home and at work
- teamwork
- wellbeing
- record-keeping

This book is a straightforward guide for anyone wanting to use intensive interaction with people with severe and complex learning difficulties, people who have very severe learning difficulties, profound and multiple learning difficulties, multi-sensory impairments, and people who have a diagnosis of autism.

Book details

Author:
Dave Hewett, Graham Firth, Mark Barber, Tandy Harrison
ISBN:
9781446253892
Related ISBNs:
9780857024909, 9780857024916, 9781446290767
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-07-25
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2012
Copyright by:
 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Disability-Related, Education, Nonfiction