The ‘observable’ outcomes of Intensive Interaction

Over the last couple of weeks I have been very busy with quite a bit of training and conference presentation work (that's why I missed posting last week's Blog); in each presentation I have included a slide in which I try to summarise the 'Observable Outcomes' of Intensive Interaction, as evidenced in  published research papers. 

What I want to do is to clearly set out the case for trainees (or those new to our approach) that, across the general body of methodologically robust and peer-reviewed published research into Intensive Interaction, there are a number of common findings of increased and/or novel interactive responses, with these findings being reported across an increasing number of such studies i.e. we are an increasingly well evidenced social communication approach, with our evidence being published in a range of top-end research and academic journals. 

So below I have listed what I think are the most common observable and therefore measurable interactive outcomes associated with Intensive Interaction interventions, when compared to baseline measures (obviously there are many less easily observed and measured outcomes, but that's another story):

• increased social anticipation, initiation and/or engagement ... as evidenced in the following papers: Nind, 1996; Watson & Fisher, 1997; Kellett, 2000; Cameron & Bell, 2001; Kellett, 2003; Kellett, 2004; Forster & Taylor, 2006; Anderson, 2006; Barber, 2008; Samuel et al, 2008; Zeedyk et al, 2009a; Zeedyk et al, 2009b; Jones & Howley, 2010; Fraser, 2011; Argyropoulou & Papoudi, 2012; Harris & Wolverson, 2014; Rayner et al, 2016; Calveley, 2017.

• increased toleration of, or responsiveness to physical proximity ... as evidenced in: Nind, 1996; Firth et al, 2008; Zeedyk et al, 2009a; Zeedyk et al, 2009b; Fraser, 2011; Harris & Wolverson, 2014; Calveley, 2017.

• increased levels of contingent smiling ... as evidenced in: Nind, 1996; Lovell et al, 1998; Leaning & Watson, 2006; Barber, 2008; Zeedyk et al, 2009a; Argyropoulou & Papoudi, 2012; Calveley, 2017. 

• increased levels of eye contact or looking at another person’s face ... as evidenced in: Watson & Knight, 1991; Nind, 1996; Lovell et al, 1998; Kellett, 2000; Kellett, 2004; Cameron & Bell, 2001; Kellett, 2003; Kellett, 2004; Kellett, 2005; Leaning & Watson, 2006; Forster & Taylor, 2006; Barber, 2008; Samuel et al, 2008; Zeedyk et al, 2009a; Zeedyk et al, 2009b; Fraser, 2011; Argyropoulou & Papoudi, 2012; Harris & Wolverson, 2014. 

• increased use of vocalisation ... as evidenced in: Watson & Knight, 1991; Lovell et al, 1998; Kellett, 2000; Elgie & Maguire, 2001; Cameron & Bell, 2001; Argyropoulou & Papoudi, 2012; Harris & Wolverson, 2014; Calveley, 2017.

• increased levels of socially significant physical contact ... as evidenced in: Lovell et al, 1998; Kellett, 2000; Elgie & Maguire, 2001; Kellett, 2003; Kellett, 2004; Forster & Taylor, 2006; Firth et al, 2008; Barber, 2008; Samuel et al, 2008; Argyropoulou & Papoudi, 2012; Harris & Wolverson, 2014; Calveley, 2017.

• improved levels of joint attention ... as evidenced in: Nind, 1996; Lovell et al, 1998; Kellett, 2000; Kellett, 2003; Kellett, 2004; Kellett, 2005; Leaning & Watson, 2006; Samuel et al, 2008.

But as the last referenced work on my list is from 2017, I kept asking myself - have I missed some? Is this list as comprehensive and accurate as it could be? Well have I, and is it? 

So, does anyone out there know of any other 'peer-reviewed published research into Intensive Interaction' that should be included in this list, especially any more recent studies? If you do, then please do let me know.