Category Archives: Blogs on Education and Learning with Intensive Interaction

Some discussion on the nature of ‘knowledge’ with respect to Intensive Interaction

My Blog this week offers some discussion on the nature of ‘knowledge’ and knowledge creation with respect to Intensive Interaction. Please read on for more …

Intensive Interaction as an ‘autism intervention’?

For my Blog this week I am looking at a paper by Dr Damian Milton: ‘So what exactly are autism interventions intervening with?’ (Good Autism Practice, 2014). For more read on…

Staff experience of the implementation of Intensive Interaction within their places of work with people with learning disabilities and/or autism

For my Blog this week I am summarising a 2021 paper collating data from a number of papers about staff’s views on implementing Intensive Interaction. To read on, follow the link…

‘Implementing Intensive Interaction in Schools’ by Mary Kellet & Melaine Nind

It is 20 years since ‘Implementing Intensive Interaction in Schools: Guidance for Practitioners, Managers and Coordinators’ by Mary Kellet and Melaine Nind was published (2003). To celebrate this, I am very liberally quoting from it. Follow the link for more:

The ‘Differentiation and Integration Phase’ of Intensive Interaction: the ‘Pros and Cons’?

The ‘Differentiation and Integration Phase’ of Intensive Interaction -the ‘Pros and Cons’? Following on from my last Blog, I will now try to set out my thinking about any potential ‘Pros and Cons’ of a ‘Differentiation and Integration Phase’ of the Intensive Interaction journey.
Read on for more …

‘Gary’s Story: Parents doing Intensive Interaction’

For my Blog this week I am posting selected comments from ‘Gary’s Story: Parents doing Intensive Interaction’ by Beth Taylor and Steve Taylor – taken from the 1998 book ‘Interaction in Action’. Follow the link for more:

Q: Do you have any good quotes about Intensive Interaction? … A: Yes!!

Over many years I have collected a number of quotes and thoughts about Intensive Interaction. So I thought I would use this Blog to share them. Follow this link to see a selection of them…

Intensive Interaction, emotional development and emotional well-being: by Melanie Nind

For my blog this week I am summarising a chapter from the book ‘Intensive Interaction: Theoretical Perspectives’ (Ed: Hewett, D. 2011) by Professor Melanie Nind: ‘Intensive Interaction, emotional development and emotional well-being’

Transactional Roles and Responsibilities … and Intensive Interaction

In this, my latest Blog, I share a useful adaptation of a training slide on defining ‘transactional roles and responsibilities’. Read on for more information …