1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462724203321

Titolo

Childhood and violence in the Western tradition [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Laurence Brockliss and Heather Montgomery

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Oakville, Conn., : Oxbow Books, c2010

ISBN

1-84217-828-8

1-84217-830-X

1-299-48513-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 p.)

Collana

Childhood in the past monograph series ; ; v. 1

Altri autori (Persone)

BrocklissL. W. B

MontgomeryHeather

Disciplina

306.87409182/1

Soggetti

Children - History

Child abuse - History

Children - Violence against - History

Child rearing - History

Children - Social conditions

Civilization, Western - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface; List of Illustrations; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1. Child Sacrifice; 2. Infanticide, Abandonment and Abortion; 3. Physical Cruelty and Socialisation; 4. Child Exploitation; 5. Violent Children, Youth Enforcers, and Juvenile Delinquents; 6. Coping Strategies and Exit Routes; Index; Plates

Sommario/riassunto

The violence and neglect suffered by children today is a common subject of media attention and much political hand-wringing, not just in Britain but in other parts of the western world. As yet, however, there has been no attempt to explore this concern historically and look at how the boundary between good and bad parenting may have changed across time. This book attempts to fill the gap by examining the role of violence and neglect in the relations between parents/carers and children from the Bronze Age to the present. By demonstrating how the



boundary between acceptable and unacceptable form

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450362803321

Autore

Caldwell Phoebe

Titolo

Finding you, finding me [[electronic resource] ] : using intensive interaction to get in touch with people with severe learning disabilities combined with autistic spectrum disorder / / Phoebe Caldwell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Jessica Kingsley, 2005

ISBN

1-280-53817-1

9786610538171

1-84642-239-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 p.)

Disciplina

362.1968

Soggetti

Autism

Body language

Developmentally disabled - Means of communication

Interpersonal communication

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; Finding You Finding Me:Using Intensive Interaction to get in touch with people whose severe learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder; Contents; 1.Introduction; What is this book about?; Introducing Christopher, Pranve and Gabriel; Intensive Interaction; Digression into the world of 'feeling'; Whose reality?; ASD and learning disabilities?; Developing interaction; 2.What is Autism?; What does autism feel like?; Overload; Fragmentation; Coping strategies; Fight/flight response; Inducing stress; Descriptions of fragmentation; Looking for meaning; Fixations

3.Causes of Stress Hypersensitivities; Vision; Sound; Balance; Touch; Smell and taste; Synaesthesia; Emotional overload; Not knowing what is happening; Speech, understanding and communication; Functional language and emotional access; Hollow words; Getting to know each



other; Clarity, gesture, sign and speech; Restricted speech; Swearing - a passive acceptance approach; Delayed echolalia; Time; Choices and change; Hormones; 4. Behaviour - Challenging or Distressed?; Can we have a miracle please?; 'Trading on their autism'; Reducing the sensory overload; Looking for triggers; Aggression

Self-harm Moving attention away from the inner turmoil; Diversion; Maintenance of successful strategies; Epilepsy; 5.Intensive Interaction; The dynamic of conversations; Seeing things differently; Significance; Imitation; Repetitive behaviour and the brain-body language; Where we are focused - feedback; Surprise; Observation and the individual repertoire; Neglecting the inner-world language; Christopher; Intensive Interaction and attention to the hypersensitivities; Video; Pranve; Gabriel; Working from the present; Using the personal code; Moving attention from 'self ' to 'other'

The discontinuity in expectation 'Ringing a bell'; Intensive Interaction and stress reduction; Habituation; Long-term effectiveness of Intensive Interaction; 6.The Development of Self; What do we mean by 'self '?; The dual message; Failing to find a sense of self; Raising self-esteem; Significant responses; Gabriel and the dyad; The glass bubble; Separation; Coda; Appendix A:The Causes of ASD; Appendix B: The Way In - Using Intensive Interaction; References; Resources; Subject Index; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Caldwell introduces Intensive Interaction, which uses the body language of people whose learning disabilities are combined with autistic spectrum disorder - who have largely been regarded as unreachable - to get in touch with them, giving them a way of expressing themselves which shifts their attention from self-stimulation to shared activity.