Intensive Interaction - One Day Course, presented by Dave Hewett. October in Huddersfield. November in Birmingham, UK
This course will be of interest to staff of all disciplines who work with adults and children with severe learning difficulties, including social services staff, teachers and assistants, nurses, staff from voluntary organisations, therapists and indeed parents and other carers.
Friday 14th October 2016 - The Cambridge Hotel & Lodge, Huddersfield
Friday 4th November 2016 – The Beeches Conference Centre, Birmingham
The course will include extensive use of video examples. Comprehensive hand-outs will be given. Course members should expect to work in a warm, humorous and supportive atmosphere. The trainer will seek feedback from participants throughout the day and tailor the day to meet the group's specific needs.
The focus is on the communication needs of people who have not achieved use nor perhaps understanding of speech and may be “difficult to reach” in various ways. Intensive Interaction is an approach where the member of staff is seen as the main teaching resource, using personal qualities of face, voice and body language to involve the learner in progressive sequences of interactive activities.
These activities provide the person with learning difficulties with the opportunity to learn the pre-speech fundamentals of communication such as enjoying being with another person, giving sustained attention, turn-taking, use and understanding of eye contacts, facial expressions, body language and non- verbal signalling.
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