Below is a collection of various blogs by Graham Firth, covering a variety of topic areas and issues associated with the theory and practice of Intensive Interaction.
Intensive Interaction Conference 2026: Feedback Report
The Intensive Interaction Conference 2026: Feedback Report … read on for more.
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Intensive Interaction Week 2026 is … this week!
‘Intensive Interaction Week 2026’ is this week – from Monday 12th to Sunday 18th October. Read on for more information.
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A ‘New Book’ on Intensive Interaction (well, sort of!).
‘The Intensive Interaction Classroom Guide: Social Communication Learning and Curriculum for Children with Autism, Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties, or Communication Difficulties’, edited by Amandine Mouriere & Pam Smith, has been released as a second edition … read on for more.
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‘Intensive Interaction in Context’ – 25 years later.
Intensive Interaction in Context – It’s been 25 years since Dr Judith Samuel published a paper on introducing Intensive Interaction into residential care for adults with profound intellectual disabilities in Oxfordshire. Read on for more …
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Intensive Interaction & Adaptive Interaction … what’s the difference?
You might be asking if Intensive Interaction and Adaptive Interaction are really one and the same thing … read on for more
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The Story of Intensive Interaction
This Blog simply points readers to a new page on the ‘Connecting with Intensive Interaction’ website called ‘The Story of Intensive Interaction’.
Keep reading‘Intensive Interaction is not only neuro-affirming, it is humanity-affirming’ (Grace & Edgar, 2026)
This is a short Blog pointing readers to an article framing Intensive Interaction as ‘neuro-affirming relational practice’ by Dr Joanna Grace and Helen Edgar. Read on for more …
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The Intensive Interaction Conference 2026
Now booking for the Intensive Interaction Conference 2026: ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’, Friday 4th September at the Unipart Conference Centre, Oxford. Read on for more details of the conference line-up and on how to book your place.
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20 years later… and are we really any further on?
It is 20 years since my paper ‘Intensive Interaction: a Research Review’ was published …. and I don’t think the conclusions that I drew then have really shifted that much … read on for more.
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The importance of social interaction in learning and development
Recently I came across a copy of the book ‘Apprenticeship in Thinking: Cognitive Development in Social Context’ by educational theorist Dr Barbara Rogoff; a book that I think is really significant theoretically from an Intensive Interaction perspective. Read on for more …
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‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’
Announcing the new book published today: ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’ Edited by Dr Sophie Doswell & Dr Maggie Ellis (2025), Routledge. Read on for more details …
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Intensive Interaction as a psychological therapy
With the upcoming publication of ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction into Psychological Practice’ in this Blog I have abridged a 2009 article on the issue from ‘The Psychologist’; I thought it would whet our appetites for the upcoming book’s launch (next week!). Read on for more …
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Books on Intensive Interaction in 2025
With the imminent arrival of a new book on Intensive Interaction (‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’, by Dr Sophie Doswell & Dr Maggie Ellis) for this Blog, I am setting out in chronological order the current range of books published so far (in English) on the approach. Read on for more …
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An ‘Intensive Interaction Institute Open Research Forum’
The Intensive Interaction Institute is hosting the first-ever ‘Intensive Interaction Institute Open Research Forum’ on Tuesday, 21st October from 4:30pm – 5:30pm (UK time). Read on for more information
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Intensive Interaction Pilot Project at Voyage Care: Blog 2 – ‘the Outcomes’
Kate Parker (Intensive Interaction Lead for Voyage Care) has written up an extensive and detailed report about an Intensive Interaction pilot project. I have summarised the reported outcomes of the project in this Blog 2. Read on for more …
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Intensive Interaction Pilot Project at Voyage Care: Blog 1
Kate Parker (Intensive Interaction Lead for Voyage Care) has written up an extensive and detailed report about an Intensive Interaction pilot project. I have summarised some aspects of it in this Blog. Read on for more …
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The ‘Intensive Interaction in Action’ DVD – 10 years on, and still brilliant
It is now 10 years since the launch of the ‘Intensive Interaction in Action’ DVD. It is still a brilliant learning resource, and it is still available… Read on for more…
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‘Intensive Interaction in the mainstream classroom’: 10 years on …
It is now ten years since the publication of the paper ‘Intensive Interaction in the mainstream classroom: evaluating staff attitudes towards an inclusive socio-communicative intervention’: read on for more…
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The 7 ‘stages’ or ‘levels’ of Intensive Interaction: who and/or what are we actually measuring, and whose needs are we trying to meet?
I have written this blog in response to a growing trend in advocating for systems that purport to assign discrete social developmental levels to an individual’s performance during periods of Intensive Interaction. Read on for more …
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