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A few ways we have used a ball within our Intensive Interaction sessions recently have been: To create a sensory experience, we have brought in a range of different balls for everybody to explore such as a big ball, a smaller ball, and a spikey ball. We chatted about...

By Carol Thomas At Us in a Bus we work with adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. We use an approach known as Intensive Interaction to foster communication and make connections with people, but this is not all we do. One of our unique selling points is...

When we arrived at our session today Leanne seemed relaxed and happy and, as she was opening her eyes widely and moving her eyebrows right up, I decided to reinforce the fact that I’d noticed this by moving my finger along her face from her brow to her jaw each time...

Jean is someone we visit who has a very complex physical and health condition. We don’t need to know the medical name for these conditions or what caused them to be able to try and build a connection between us. What we need to be able to do, is to see Jean as wholly...

Lucy made sustained eye contact, as she usually does, and repeated a number of her words in a slow, drawn out voice. ‘Traaaaaaaineeeers’ ‘Waaaaalk’ and other semi-verbal sounds.  I met and held Lucy’s eye contact, and echoed back all of her words and sounds. I also...

We see Belinda for an hour, once a week at her home on a 2:1 basis. She is independently mobile and appears to enjoy leading us around her home. She doesn’t use words to communicate but vocalises a variety of sounds which we listen and respond to. In the six months...

  We have built our relationship with Paul to a point where he generally welcomes hand contact and cautiously lets us share his space, most comfortably when sharing his rhythmical movements in a style of dance. I visited Paul on a day where, on our arrival, staff...

We have been working with Rebecca for four years and began when she was still attending school. We have provided 2:1 sessions for her during the immensely challenging period of transition as she moved from school to college and will continue to do so as she prepares...

 We entered her room slowly and allowed a fair distance in between us. Simone was flicking a piece of her cardigan deeply absorbed in that action. We know how important it is to her. Simone seemed distant, locked away in her own world. We started to flick our...

Tanya is a lady whose medication can impact her alertness levels; sometimes she can be very awake and on other occasions her fatigue levels mean she sleeps in the day. She is very nervous of touch. She can also be prone to self-harm and throws things when she becomes...

  Jeannie is a lady in her seventies with profound and multiple learning difficulties, and we suspect that she is on the autistic spectrum. She can seem isolated, remaining on the periphery of the group, and can be tricky to get close to emotionally as she...

Joci is a lady in her fifties with profound and multiple learning disabilities. She uses expressive sounds and body language to communicate. In the past she has spent much of her time alone in her room engaged in self-involved behaviours. When we first met Joci,...