Announcing the new book published today: ‘Integrating Intensive Interaction Principles into Psychological Practice’ Edited by Dr Sophie Doswell & Dr Maggie Ellis (2025), Routledge.
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Tag Archives: Graham Firth
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 …
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.
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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
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 …
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 …
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…
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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…
Catherine’s Legacy – 20 years on.
It is 20 years since a paper was published that I think is hugely powerful, and one that I often directly quote from during the training that I give. Read on for more …
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.
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Connecting with Intensive Interaction 