Finding You Finding Me
eBook - ePub

Finding You Finding Me

Using Intensive Interaction to get in touch with people whose severe learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Finding You Finding Me

Using Intensive Interaction to get in touch with people whose severe learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder

About this book

Phoebe Caldwell's remarkable new book makes accessible for the first time the complex, intricate inner and sensory worlds of people whose learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder and, often, difficult-to-manage behaviour. Based on many years of working with such people, many of whom have withdrawn into a world of their own, she explores the different sensory reality they experience, showing it to be infinitely more complex and varied than is widely understood. She introduces a practical approach known as Intensive Interaction, which uses the body language of such people - who have hitherto largely been regarded as unreachable - to get in touch with them, giving them a way of expressing themselves which shifts their attention from solitary self-stimulation to shared activity. The outcome is not only a marked improvement in behaviour and ability to communicate but, more important, many parents will say 'they are just much happier'.

Covering not only the practical aspects of introducing this technique, but also the thinking behind it, this landmark book has much to say on behalf of a group that has in the past largely been denied a voice, and will open new avenues for both practice and research. It is invaluable for parents, carers, and all who work with this group.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Other Books
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. Contents
  8. 1. Introduction
  9. 2. What is Autism?
  10. 3. Causes of Stress
  11. 4. Behaviour – Challenging or Distressed?
  12. 5. Intensive Interaction
  13. 6. The Development of Self
  14. Appendix A: The Causes of ASD
  15. Appendix B: The Way In – Using Intensive Interaction
  16. References
  17. Subject Index
  18. Author Index