Tackling Selective Mutism: A Guide for Professionals and Parents - Brossura

Sluckin, Alice

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ISBN 10: 1849053936 ISBN 13: 9781849053938

Casa editrice: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2014

Riassunto

Bringing together the latest research and understanding on selective mutism, this edited book gives essential information on the various treatment and therapy options. Experts in the fields of speech and language therapy, psychology, music therapy education and communication offer a wide range of professional perspectives on the condition, while case studies from people with selective mutism, past sufferers and parents reveal the personal impact. The book also clarifies what support a person with selective mutism is likely to need at home, school and in social situations.

This definitive volume on selective mutism will be key reading for professionals such as speech and language therapists, educational psychologists, child psychiatrists, child and adolescent mental health workers, teachers, SENCOs and anyone working with selective mutism in therapeutic and educational settings, as well as family members wanting a closer understanding of what selective mutism is and how they can help.

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Tackling Selective Mutism highlights the need for multi-disciplinary treatment and delivers the structure for successful collaborations and interventions. Providing many different perspectives on the diagnosis, treatment, and experience of those with selective mutism, this is a must-read for parents and professionals! --Aimee Kotrba, PhD, clinical psychologist, President of the Selective Mutism Group, USA and Owner of Thriving Minds Behavioral Health

This book is edited by two experts who have brought together research and practice in a manner that can be useful to anyone who has dealings with a child who in certain situations (often at school) is persistently mute but uses spoken language in other situations ... Many voices - those of children and young people, their families and professionals (speech and language therapists, psychologists, psychiatrists, educators, music therapists)- are included and offer a variety of perspectives... The book also includes an extensive list of references and a useful resource list.
All in all, this is an important book that brings together much that is of interest to anyone who works with children and young people with SM

--Jill R Bennett Source: Red Reading Hub blog

This book is a useful resource on a number of levels. It highlights the need to recognise SM earlier, to raise awareness of the condition in nursery and primary school staff, and to provide early and appropriate intervention and support... Chapters are written by different professional including educational professionals and psychologists, speech and language therapists, social workers, and youth and play workers... the authors also highlight the long-term impact of SM on social experiences of making friends, building up experiences of the subtle art of social interaction, and the influence and impact of this throughout adolescence and on to successful adult relationships...range of approaches are described and highlighted with insightful case studies... It also offers some really useful and creative ideas together with structures and sensitive approaches for working with children and young people with anxiety... Non-verbal play, role-play and interaction are used to elicit communication in a playful way... It provides thought-provoking chapters as to how we might approach our work with children with SM and what music therapy could offer them and their families, as well as the teams and institutions that we work within. --Kirsten Halliday, MT and AT team co-ordinator, Blossom House

L'autore

Benita Rae Smith is a retired speech and language therapist and senior lecturer in speech pathology and therapy (specialising in child language and communication development and disorder). Alice Sluckin, OBE is Chair and Founder of the Selective Mutism Information and Research Association (SMIRA). She was a senior psychiatric social worker in a clinical setting for many years. Both have written widely, Alice on selective mutism and other conditions and Rae on linguistic pragmatics and related issues in journals and books. The editors both live in Leicester, UK.

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• Editore: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1849053936
• ISBN 13: 9781849053938
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 312