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An Intensive Interaction response to the UK Education Select Committee … seeking evidence to improve ‘the SEND system’.

In This Blog I have simply copied my response sent to the UK Parliamentary Select Committee seeking evidence to improve ‘the SEND system’. Read on for more …

‘Solving the SEND Crisis’: UK Education Select Committee ‘Call for Evidence’

I have been alerted to a ‘call for evidence’ by the UK Parliamentary Education Select Committee seeking evidence ‘on short term actions to stabilise the SEND system’. Read on for more …

Evidence of mutual non-verbal synchrony in learners with severe learning disability and autism, and their support workers: a motion energy analysis study (because of the use of Intensive Interaction!).

I have recently been pointed to a research study involving the use of Intensive Interaction. This fascinating study looked for ‘Evidence of mutual non-verbal synchrony in learners with a severe learning disability and autism, and their support workers: a motion energy analysis study’: Read on for more …

Connecting the Intensive Interaction ‘Means’ to its ‘Ends’

This Blog is the collective work of the attendees of the Intensive Interaction Weekend Workshop 2024 – where we looked at the ‘means’ to doing good quality, regular, consistent and reflective Intensive Interaction and also at the ‘ends’ of this process i.e. the outcomes of using Intensive Interaction. Read on for more …

From ‘Access to Communication’ … to a worldwide approach in 30 years!

This year is the 30th anniversary of the first book on Intensive Interaction – ‘Access to Communication’ – and now the approach is truly global. Read on for more…

Intensive Interaction as an intervention approach in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review

For my first Blog of 2024 I am directing readers to a new systemic review on using Intensive Interaction with children with autism.

Goodwill to all: ‘Human rights’ are universal rights – not just at Christmas

Here in the UK, we are starting to celebrate the Christmas holiday period, a time supposedly of ‘Goodwill to all men’ (in this instance, with a non-gendered use of the term). However, I am not sure that this year is one when we can claim this to be universally true. We seem to be entering,Continue reading “Goodwill to all: ‘Human rights’ are universal rights – not just at Christmas”