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From the inside looking out – an Intensive Interaction group for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities
Author(s) -
Leaning Brian,
Watson Tessa
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
british journal of learning disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.633
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1468-3156
pISSN - 1354-4187
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-3156.2005.00374.x
Subject(s) - psychology , learning disability , action (physics) , literacy , qualitative research , social relation , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , pedagogy , sociology , social science , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary This paper describes the use of a new project, ‘from the inside looking out’ (FILO) (N. Richardson Unpublished data), to develop communication, interaction and emotional literacy skills with people with profound and multiple learning disabilities. The authors utilized tools derived from Intensive Interaction Therapy [D. Hewett & M. Nind (1994) Access to communication . London, David Fulton Publishers; D. Hewett & M. Nind (1998) Interaction in action: reflections on the use of Intensive Interaction . London, David Fulton Publishers] and applied these within a FILO paradigm to run an 8‐week group with five participants where the aim was to build relationships and enhance awareness of emotional variables. The results were measured using both quantitative and qualitative analysis and it was found that a number of discreet observable behaviours related to interactive ability were positively changed across all participants. Important processes within the group are analysed and recommendations for expanding this approach in the future are discussed.