Mothers’ experience of Intensive Interaction

There is limited research into parents’ experiences of Intensive Interaction. Despite this, there are parents who use it and may hold unique experiences. Exploring this could provide insight into how to support parents using Intensive Interaction. Six mothers, who used Intensive Interaction with the...

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Published in:Journal of intellectual disabilities 2022-06, Vol.26 (2), p.391-406
Main Authors: Berridge, Samantha, Hutchinson, Nick
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autism
Autistic children
Barriers
Children
Children with disabilities
Communication
Early Adolescents
Foreign Countries
Intellectual disabilities
Intellectual Disability
Interaction
Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Mental health
Mothers
Parent Attitudes
Parent Child Relationship
Parent-child relations
Parenting Styles
Parents & parenting
Pervasive Developmental Disorders
Qualitative research
Social skills
Stigma
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Summary:There is limited research into parents’ experiences of Intensive Interaction. Despite this, there are parents who use it and may hold unique experiences. Exploring this could provide insight into how to support parents using Intensive Interaction. Six mothers, who used Intensive Interaction with their children with intellectual disabilities and/or autism, were interviewed. Results were analysed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. The analysis yielded 10 subordinate themes which were organised into 4 superordinate themes: ‘The Connection’, ‘Bittersweet’, ‘Fighting for Support’ and ‘Challenging Underlying Low Expectations & Stigma’. Intensive Interaction was found to help some mothers feel connected with their child; they appeared to indicate that accessing timely support with Intensive Interaction was beneficial. Intensive Interaction was also perceived to challenge assumptions and stigma, but these factors were also perceived to be potential barriers to using the approach.
ISSN:1744-6295
1744-6309
DOI:10.1177/1744629521995374