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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790490203321

Titolo

The silent child : communication without words / / editor, Jeanne Magagna, assistant editor, Michelle Scott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Karnac Books, , 2012

ISBN

0-429-90796-6

0-429-48319-8

1-280-78259-5

9786613692986

1-84940-999-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MagagnaJeanne

ScottMichelle (Psychotherapist)

Disciplina

371.9/123

372.86/8

618.92855

Soggetti

Mutism

Speech disorders in children

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

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Young children -- pt. 3. Young people -- pt. 4. Creative activities for non-speaking children.

Sommario/riassunto

The Silent Child: Communication without Words describes  a way of understanding and communicating with children who are not speaking, but rather using their bodies and somatic symptoms to express states of mind. Jeanne Magagna has worked for 45 years trying to find ways of helping these children, varying  in age and symptoms.  Using  infant observation methods of understanding primitive states of mind expressed through gestures of eyes, hands, body posture,  she has worked in in-patient or out-patient settings with  contributors: a group of psychiatrists, psychologists, family and child psycho