User Contributions
Articles written by contributors.
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Solitary Confinement?
Posted by Jules McKim on Tuesday, 22nd November 2011 16:00 PM
Think back to the classic prison movies you’ve seen. A compelling scene in many of these films goes something like this: Read more
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Issues around what is called 'age-appropriateness' (AA)
Posted by Dave Hewett on Thursday, 3rd February 2011 11:00 AM
I have written about age-appropriateness (AA) before in the newsletter. In the five years since then there has been a sensation that the general ‘landscape’ on this issue has been continuing to positively move on and become more sensible. However, we still frequently get reports... Read more
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Using Intensive Interaction with a deaf and blind child,
Posted by Liz Platt on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 23:44 PM
In her presentation Liz Platt used her experiences of working with a deaf and blind child. Read more
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Touch Safeguards
Posted by Dave Hewett on Thursday, 27th May 2010 13:00 PM
Use of physical contact in work with people with learning difficulties – guidelines for safeguards Read more
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Positive Reasons for giving and making available physical contact to students
Posted by Dave Hewett on Thursday, 27th May 2010 13:00 PM
Rough notes only: hope they are helpful Read more
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Combining Intensive Interaction and Video Feedback
Posted by Andrea Ruck on Thursday, 6th May 2010 19:00 PM
I completed my training in Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) in 2006 and since then have successfully combined the approach with Intensive Interaction. I am finding that the combination works extremely well, because VIG enhances the reflective component that is so integral to Intensive... Read more -
Intensive Interaction in my classroom
Posted by Rosie Hogg on Sunday, 10th January 2010 20:12 PM
I first learned about Intensive Interaction in 2007 through a presentation by Paul Hart (2007). Two months prior to this conference I had started teaching four young people with PMLD. My experience at this time was limited; I knew I wanted to support and develop these young people however I... Read more -
Intensive Interaction Coordinator’s Course
Posted by Nicola Guthrie on Sunday, 22nd November 2009 20:20 PM
Nine complete strangers, one developer/author; drawn to each other sharing the same passion, the same belief and the same quest: to be guided and nurtured towards being ambassadors in the realm that is Intensive Interaction. Read more
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What I’ve been up to lately...
Posted by Cath Irvine on Thursday, 19th November 2009 18:00 PM
Embarrassingly it has been a few years since I updated this section to keep people up to date with what I have been doing – so a brief summary of the last couple of years. Read more
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UNICEF support Intensive Interaction implementation in Montenegro
Posted by Cath Irvine on Thursday, 22nd October 2009 20:15 PM
Last year UNICEF Montenegro and the Montenegrin government invited me to work with 14 children who lived in an institution alongside over 100 adults – all with disabilities of varying degrees. The children ranged in age from 5 – 17, some with diagnoses of autism or cerebral palsy, but others with no... Read more