| Using Intensive Interaction and Sensory Integration: A Handbook for Those Who Support People with Severe Autistic Spectrum Disorder Contributor(s): Horwood, Jane (Contribution by), Horwood, Jane (Author), Caldwell, Phoebe (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843106264 ISBN-13: 9781843106265 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers OUR PRICE: $25.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: In this handbook aimed at carers, parents, and other professionals, Caldwell explains how to work with people with severe autistic spectrum disorder by using their body language to make contact and establish emotional engagement. She also describes a technique to help develop the capacity of an individual to receive, process, and apply meaning to sensory information provided through targeted activities. The handbook does not compare different educational systems used to teach those who are autistic to deal with the world. Caldwell (NHS Social Services and Community Education Services, UK), who is joined by a pediatric occupational therapist, works as a practitioner with people whose severe learning disabilities are connected to behavioral distress. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Psychopathology - Autism Spectrum Disorders |
| Dewey: 616.858 |
| LCCN: 2007051739 |
| Physical Information: 0.28" H x 6.24" W x 9.1" (0.40 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off and overwhelmed, and their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage with people who are non-verbal or semi-verbal and sometimes even those who have speech but lose the power to process it when they are in crisis. We can help them to make sense of the world. Intensive Interaction uses a person's own body language to make contact with them and Sensory Integration develops the capacity of an individual to receive, process and apply meaning to information provided by the senses through targeted physical activities. These techniques can be used to develop an environment tailored to the particular sensory needs of the person with severe autism, reducing factors that cause distress. With illustrations, case examples and a wide range of tried-and-tested techniques, this practical guide provides indispensable tools for parents, carers and other professionals supporting people with severe autism and other learning disabilities. |
Contributor Bio(s): Horwood, Jane: - Jane Horwood is a Paediatric Occupational therapist with a special interest in the use of Sensory Integration. |