Rethinking Communication guide to advanced dementia

have experienced a stroke or brain injury, and children subjected to early social deprivation. 6 Using it to engage with people with dementia is the latest extension of this technique. Phoebe Caldwell is one of the leading practitioners of Intensive Interaction. She has written more than a dozen books on this subject. In them, she explains that the reason that Intensive Interaction is so effective is because it allows people with communicative difficulties to ‘find’ themselves. A person becomes better able to recognise their 6 M Kellett (2000) Sam’s story: Evaluating Intensive Interaction in terms of effect on the social and communicative ability of a young child with advanced learning difficulties. Support for Learning, 15, 165-171 Phoebe Caldwell w ww.thetimes.co.uk