How Rapidly Does Intensive Interaction Promote Social Engagement for Adults with Profound Learning Disabilities?

Autor/inn/en	Zeedyk, M. Suzanne; Caldwell, Phoebe; Davies, Clifford E.
Titel	How Rapidly Does Intensive Interaction Promote Social Engagement for Adults with Profound Learning Disabilities?
Quelle	In: European Journal of Special Needs Education, 24 (2009) 2, S.119-137 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-6257
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Learning Disabilities; Interaction; Interaction Process Analysis; Social Development; Social Psychology; Outcomes of Treatment; Reaction Time; Interpersonal Relationship; Severe Disabilities; Adults; Sensitivity Training + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Interaktion; Prozessanalyse; Soziale Entwicklung; Sozialpsychologie; Reaktionsvermögen; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Severe disability; Schwerbehinderung; Sensitivitätstraining
Abstract	The intervention of Intensive Interaction is gaining attention for its demonstrated effectiveness in promoting social engagement in individuals with severe communicative impairments. The present study sought to extend the evidence base for this intervention by investigating the rapidity with which an increase in engagement becomes apparent. Videotapes of the first Intensive Interaction session for 10 adults with profound learning disabilities were microanalytically coded for four measures of engagement: eye gaze, bodily orientation to partner, proximity to partner, and emotional valence. Results showed an increase for all participants on at least two measures, while 70% of the sample showed increases on all four measures. Such shifts occurred within only a few minutes of the onset of the session (ranging from three to 14 minutes). Non-parametric analyses confirmed that this robust pattern of increases would not have been predicted to occur by chance. These findings indicate that Intensive Interaction is effective in rapidly promoting social engagement, even for individuals with a long history of apparent social avoidance. Suggestions for future lines of enquiry, at both the empirical and conceptual levels, are discussed. (Contains 2 figures, 2 tables and 1 note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10