Graham Firth, Mark Barber

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

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Produktbeschreibung

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. In the final section they consider some of the wider implications of the approach.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781849051095
• ISBN-10: 1849051097
• Artikelnr.: 30361646

Autorenporträt

Graham Firth is the current Intensive Interaction Project Leader for the Leeds Partnerships NHS Trust, UK. He was previously a further education teacher for adults with severe or profound learning disabilities. Mark Barber coordinates Intensive Interaction at Bayside Special Developmental School in Melbourne, Australia. He also works as a Consultant in Profound Intellectual Disability and Severe Communication Impairment in Australia and New Zealand.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. Introduction. What is Intensive Interaction? Who might benefit
from Intensive Interaction? Why should you be considering using Intensive
Interaction? Who else may you need to talk to about using Intensive
Interaction? Chapter 1. What to Do and Think About Before Using Intensive
Interaction. Where are you going to try to use Intensive Interaction - is
this the best place? What kind of observation have you done with the person
- is it enough? What are you going to try to achieve in the first few
minutes? What are you hoping to achieve in the whole session? Is this the
best time to try and start - does it have to be now? How long have you got
- is it going to be long enough? Do you have any necessary resource items
available? Chapter 2. What to Do and Think About Whilst Using Intensive
Interaction. What can you do to engage someone - what techniques can you
use? Thinking back to your observations - what have you learned, and what
should you be looking for now? How do you know if the person is ready for
Intensive Interaction? Is this the best time to try and start - does it
have to be now? How do you approach the person - what do you do first? What
should you be looking for as you go along? Do you always have to follow the
other person's lead, or are there times when you can lead the activity in
some way? Have you achieved what you hoped for so far - what responses have
you had, and were these what you were expecting or not? Are you still being
sufficiently observant of the person? This particular activity has been
going on for quite a long time - should you change what you are doing or
just keep going? What are you hoping to achieve in the whole session? How
much direct mirroring should you be doing - and how creative can you be
with this? What if the person gets bored of repeated routines - how would
you recognise this and what could you do about it? Can you try something a
little different to see how the person responds - if so, when and how, and
what should it be? Do you still have the necessary resource items
available? How will you know if you have achieved something worthwhile? How
long have you got left - is it going to be long enough? How do you
disengage with the person if it is going well and they really want to
continue? Should Intensive Interaction be this easy or this hard? Chapter
3. What to Do and Think About After Using Intensive Interaction. What did
you do to engage the person - what techniques did you use and what have you
learned from this session? How did you know if the person was ready for
Intensive Interaction, and was this a good time to start a session? How did
you approach the person - what did you do first, and how was this received?
What new behaviours did you observe from the person during this session?
Did you achieve what you hoped for, and was it worthwhile? Were you
sufficiently observant of the person? Did they, or might they have done
something you didn't see? Could you use some different resource items to
better effect next time? Did you have long enough? How did you disengage
with the person? What was easy or hard about the session? Chapter 4. Some
Final Issues to Consider When Using Intensive Interaction. Consider what
you can do to develop your own competence and confidence as an Intensive
Interaction practitioner. Consider how other people can be productively
involved and supported in developing successful Intensive Interaction.
Consider how Intensive Interaction can be used in the longer term, and how
this issue is best addressed and organised. Chapter 5. What You Might
Expect to Come From the Use of Intensive Interaction. Further Reading.
Glossary. Appendix. References. Index.