An introduction to how the world can be experienced differently by autistic people, and how to respond to individuals in more sensitive, appropriate ways.
Responsive Communication is a groundbreaking book by a team of authors who offer a range of perspectives on the approach and application of Responsive Communication and Intensive Interaction. The book explains how we can use Responsive Communication to get in touch with children and adults who are struggling to understand and articulate speech.
Key features: Personal insights from a leading expert in the subject, supported by interpretation of real-life examples, philosophical and engaging, ideas for people working in the field and of interest to anyone who wants to make a connection with someone on the autistic spectrum.
In her new book, Phoebe Caldwell, an expert practitioner with over 30 years' experience working with people with learning disabilities, offers us a fresh insight into autism spectrum disorders. Shifting her attention away from presentation and symptoms alone, Phoebe explores and attempts to understand sensory issues.
Caldwell introduces Intensive Interaction, which uses the body language of people whose learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder - who have largely been regarded as unreachable - to get in touch with them, giving them a way of expressing themselves which shifts their attention from self-stimulation to shared activity.
Menschen mit schweren Autismus-Spektrum-Störungen erleben Sinneseindrücke aus der äußeren Welt völlig anders als nicht-autistische Menschen. Sie fühlen sich isoliert und überfordert, was häufig in schwierigem oder Stressverhalten resultiert. Dieses Handbuch zeigt, wie wir mit Menschen interagieren können, die nicht oder wenig sprechen. Oder sie können zwar sprechen, verlieren jedoch diese Fähigkeit im Moment einer Krise. Wir können ihnen helfe...
Caldwell shows that Intensive Interaction is a straightforward way, through attending to body language and other non-verbal means of communication, of establishing contact and building a relationship with people who are non-verbal. This simple method is accessible to anyone who lives or works with such people.
This three part film follows Phoebe Caldwell as she works with children. It charts their journey from initial rejection to intimate interaction. Phoebe demonstrates how, by using the child's own body language and sounds, a 'conversation' can be developed with children who are unable to use conventional communicative methods.
