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Intensive Interaction: Theoretical Perspectives
Author(s): Dave Hewett
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2011
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 176 pages
- ISBN-10: 0857021702
- ISBN-13: 9780857021700
Book Description
Issues covered include:
– the approach within education and the curriculum
– intensive interaction within adult services
– effects on organisational change and development
– neurology and learning outcomes
– intensive Interaction and the Central Triad of autism
– emotional learning and development outcomes
– adoption of Intensive Interaction
Providing a timely theoretical and academic overview to Intensive Interaction practice, this book marks a substantial theoretical waypoint to future development of interactive approaches generally. It is a vital resource of in-depth knowledge for anyone studying Special Educational Needs and Education.
Dave Hewett is an independent educational consultant and has published widely on Intensive Interaction since his role in its development.
Editorial Reviews
Review
Seamus Hegarty, Editor of the European Journal of Special Needs Education, Visiting Professor at Warwick and Manchester Metropolitan
About the Author
Dr. Dave Hewett has been working in the field of special education for 40 years. He was headteacher at Harperbury Hospital School throughout the 1980s, where he and the team worked on the development of Intensive Interaction, producing the first publications and first research on Intensive Interaction, resulting in his doctorate. With Melanie Nind he produced the first Intensive Interaction book in 1994. Since 1990 he has been an independent consultant, continuing to publish extensively and work on the development and dissemination of the approach. Dave also publishes and gives courses on challenging behaviour issues, though as he maintains in the challenging behaviour section of this book, ‘behaviour difficulties are communication difficulties’. It is therefore not a separate topic. He is now director of the Intensive Interaction Institute, travelling and broadcasting the Intensive Interaction message increasingly worldwide.
