Part I: Human communication and the background to Intensive Interaction Chapter 1: The nature of human communication - Dave Hewett Chapter 2: Background to Intensive Interaction - Graham Firth & Jules McKim Chapter 3: How do human beings start learning to communicate? - Dave Hewett Part II: Practicalities of doing Intensive Interaction Chapter 4: Preparing for Intensive Interaction - Dave Hewett Chapter 5: Getting going - Dave Hewett Chapter 6: Further and continuing progress - Dave Hewett Chapter 7: Recording the activities and maintaining the processes - Mark Barber Chapter 8: The Intensive Interaction Outcomes Reporter - Julie Calveley Chapter 9: Supporting Intensive Interaction in workplaces - Graham Firth & Dave Hewett Chapter 10: Autism and Intensive Interaction & Intensive Interaction with more able people - Amandine Mouriere Chapter 11: Doing Intensive Interaction at home - Tandy Harrison Part III: Issues, topics and community Chapter 12: Some associated issues and topics - Dave Hewett Chapter 13: The Intensive Interaction community - Graham Firth & Jules McKim