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The Effectiveness of Intensive Interaction, A Systematic Literature Review
Author(s) -
Hutchinson Nick,
Bodicoat Anna
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1468-3148
pISSN - 1360-2322
DOI - 10.1111/jar.12138
Subject(s) - psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , medicine
Background Intensive I nteraction is an approach used for communicating with people with profound and multiple intellectual disabilities or autism. It has gained increased recognition as a helpful technique, but the evidence has not been systematically reviewed. Method Computerized and hand searches of the literature were conducted using synonyms for ‘intellectual disabilities’, ‘autism’ and ‘intensive interaction’. Results Fifteen quantitative and three qualitative papers were identified examining the efficacy of the approach with participants across the age range in both educational and residential settings. Conclusions Studies were limited by the quality of reporting and difficulties conducting good quality, ethically sound research with participants with PMID . Staff support should be considered in training to aid implementation of interventions. Studies attempted to investigate whether I ntensive I nteraction builds social interactions or reduces repetitive or self‐injurious behaviour. More research needs to be conducted before conclusions can be drawn regarding the efficacy of this approach.