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Intensive Interaction

WHAT IS INTENSIVE INTERACTION?

• Aims to develop and build on the fundamental pre-verbal skills

• Based on research looking at mother/carer and baby interaction

• Non directive, child led approach

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FIRST STEPS OF COMMUNICATION

Enjoy being with other people

Share personal space and appropriately give and receive touch

Attend to other people

Develop attention span

Develop shared attention

Learn to understand looking towards a person

Learn to understand and use facial expression

Learn to take turns

Start to use vocalisations with meaning

Realise that you can have an effect on others

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HOW DO YOU DO IT?

Observe – how the child behaves, moves (including whole body movements), vocalises and interacts with the world.

Use imitation (copy) – mirroring of behaviours, exaggerated styles, intuitive responses, spontaneity, creativity, playfulness and interactive games.

Take their lead, if they do something, you do it (Think about it as if it were a ‘conversation’ based on interaction).

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