Using intensive interaction and sensory integration : a handbook for those who support people with severe autistic spectrum disorder / Phoebe Caldwell with Jane Horwood.
People with severe autism experience the sensory information they receive from the world completely differently to those not on the spectrum. They feel cut off and overwhelmed, and their behaviour can become very distressed. This handbook shows how we can engage with people who are non-verbal or sem...
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London ; Philadelphia :
Jessica Kingsley Publishers,
2008.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A different sensory experience
- Alternative viewpoints
- Sensory distress and its causes
- Sensory distortions
- Emotional overload
- Confusing messages
- Case study : a day in the life of Mike
- Intensive interaction
- So what about distressed behaviour?
- Conclusion.