Comments on: Two communication approaches for children with Autism: Intensive Interaction and the Attention Bucket https://blog.therapyideas.org/2008/10/26/intensive-interaction-attention-bucket/ Ideas, events, and inspiration for speech and language therapists Tue, 19 Dec 2017 10:28:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 By: Phil Harris https://blog.therapyideas.org/2008/10/26/intensive-interaction-attention-bucket/#comment-148 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:39:01 +0000 http://therapyideas.org/blog/?p=12#comment-148 I think Dave has got it exactly right.
The world has gone target-mad. Our children’s learning is so much more complex than that, and a linear appoach and the use of targets (yawn), just doesn’t meet their needs. Targets are all about teaching and little about learning. We, as a profession, are obsessed with our own accountability (thanks for that, OFSTED)and the use of targets and the organisation of knowledge & skills using p scales and systems like B Squared merely fit in with that model. As Penny Lacey says, PMLD pupils are poor consumers of SMART targets. How right she is! The world is changing … people like Penny, Dave, Keith Park, those fantastic people down a the Bridge School in Islington and especially Peter Imray, are leading the way in developing a whole new paradigm for looking at fresh epistemological issues for our PMLD pupils. And about time too.

]]> By: Felicia Ogunde https://blog.therapyideas.org/2008/10/26/intensive-interaction-attention-bucket/#comment-147 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:53:59 +0000 http://therapyideas.org/blog/?p=12#comment-147 Hello There,

Thank you for your enthusiastic contribution to Intensive Interaction Theraphy! I have been looking for some information on this so I can see what I can do to help my 7 year old son who is ‘Moderately Autistic’. Have you heard of the ‘Son Rise’ programme developed by the Autistic Treatment Centre of America? I have been watching their DVDs too.

I would like to have some proper training in this so that I can work with my son. According to the Son Rise programme, therapy time can range from starting with 30 minutes to 7 hours a day. Can you point me towards the direction of where to get more information and training from please?
I have also contacted Dave Hewett through a website but I have had not any response yet.

I would love to hear from you! Onve again, Thank you!

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