Table of Contents

PART ONE: HUMAN COMMUNICATION AND THE BACKGROUND TO INTENSIVE INTERACTION
The Nature of Human Communication - Dave Hewett
Background to Intensive Interaction - Graham Firth
How Do Human Beings Start Learning to Communicate? - Dave Hewett
PART TWO: THE PRACTICALITIES OF DOING INTENSIVE INTERACTION
Preparing for Intensive Interaction - Dave Hewett
Getting Going - Dave Hewett
Further and Continuing Progress - Dave Hewett
Recording the Activities and Maintaining the Processes - Mark Barber
Supporting Intensive Interaction in Workplaces - Graham Firth & Dave Hewett
Doing Intensive Interaction at Home - Tandy Harrison
PART THREE: ISSUES, TOPICS AND COMMUNITY
Some Associated Issues and Topics - Dave Hewett
The Intensive Interaction Community - Graham Firth

About the Author

Dr. Dave Hewett has been working in the field of special education for 40 years. He was headteacher at Harperbury Hospital School throughout the 1980s, where he and the team worked on the development of Intensive Interaction, producing the first publications and first research on Intensive Interaction, resulting in his doctorate. With Melanie Nind he produced the first Intensive Interaction book in 1994. Since 1990 he has been an independent consultant, continuing to publish extensively and work on the development and dissemination of the approach. Dave also publishes and gives courses on challenging behaviour issues, though as he maintains in the challenging behaviour section of this book, ‘behaviour difficulties are communication difficulties’. It is therefore not a separate topic.  He is now director of the Intensive Interaction Institute, travelling and broadcasting the Intensive Interaction message increasingly worldwide.

Reviews

′In my experience, Intensive Interaction can make a life changing difference to those with autism or complex learning difficulties. If you already use Intensive Interaction, this book is an essential reminder of what makes it special - if not, it will inspire you to give it a try!′ -
Nicky Phillips, Educational Psychologist and co-author of ′Teaching Play to Children with Autism′ ′The practicalities are covered in detail, as are documentation and record keeping, and this is the strength of this straightforward and useful text′
-SEN Magazine