Tackling Selective Mutism: A Guide for Professionals and Parents
Contribuţii de Miriam Jemmett, Denise Lanes, Kate Jones, David Bramble, Charlotte Firth, Rosemary Sage, Carl Sutton, Keiko Kakuta Cuvânt înainte de Jean Gross Contribuţii de Tony Cline, Nitza Katz-Bernstein, Victoria Roe, Lindsay Whittington, Jyoti Sharma, Geoffrey Gibson, Jane Kay, Hilary M Cleator, Alison Wintgens Editat de Benita Rae Smith, Alice Sluckin Contribuţii de Jenny Packer, Johnston Susan, Maggie Johnsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 21 sep 2014
Subliniem natura colaborativă a acestui volum de referință, care reunește expertiza a peste 20 de specialiști din centre academice și clinice de renume, sub coordonarea editorilor Benita Rae Smith și Alice Sluckin. Printre colaboratori se numără figuri proeminente precum Maggie Johnson și Alison Wintgens, alături de psihologi educaționali și terapeuți prin muzică, oferind o perspectivă multidisciplinară asupra unei afecțiuni adesea neînțelese. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care lucrarea echilibrează rigoarea clinică cu vocea pacienților, oferind un tablou complet al mutismului selectiv.
Structura cărții ghidează cititorul de la fundamentele teoretice și istoricul diagnosticului — capitolul semnat de Tony Cline fiind esențial pentru înțelegerea evoluției perspectivei medicale — către strategii concrete de intervenție. Tackling Selective Mutism completează excelent titluri precum The Selective Mutism Workbook for Parents and Professionals, aducând o profunzime teoretică și o analiză a opțiunilor terapeutice care depășește nivelul de exerciții practice, oferind contextul clinic necesar pentru implementarea acestora. De asemenea, spre deosebire de Selective Mutism In Our Own Words, care se concentrează strict pe experiența trăită, volumul de față integrează aceste mărturii într-un cadru profesional de suport și diagnostic.
Merită menționat că textul clarifică distincția dintre refuzul de a vorbi și incapacitatea psihologică de a comunica, oferind protocoale pentru școală, acasă și situații sociale. Ritmul este unul informativ, dens în date, dar accesibil, fiind susținut grafic de tabele și figuri alb-negru care sintetizează opțiunile de tratament.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1849053936
Pagini: 312
Ilustrații: black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures
Dimensiuni: 154 x 228 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: JESSICA KINGSLEY PUBLISHERS
Colecția Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
De ce să citești această carte
Această lucrare este esențială pentru logopezi, psihologi și cadre didactice care caută o înțelegere clinică profundă a mutismului selectiv. Cititorul câștigă acces la decenii de experiență colectivă, învățând cum să construiască o rețea de suport eficientă și cum să aplice intervenții bazate pe dovezi. Este resursa definitivă pentru transformarea tăcerii într-un proces activ de recuperare și comunicare.
Despre autor
Editorii volumului sunt figuri emblematice în domeniu: Alice Sluckin, distinsă cu OBE, este fondatoarea asociației SMIRA (Selective Mutism Information & Research Association) și asistent social psihiatric cu o experiență vastă. Benita Rae Smith este logoped și fost lector universitar în patologia vorbirii, dedicându-și cariera studiului comunicării. Împreună cu o echipă vastă de colaboratori de la University College London și alte instituții de prestigiu, aceștia au definit standardele moderne de îngrijire pentru copiii cu mutism selectiv.
Descriere
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.
Recenzii
This book provides a wise and thoughtful account of the numerous practical challenges involved in the provision of services for individuals with selective mutism, as well as helpful guides on how these challenges may be best met.
Tackling Selective Mutism is a comprehensive and holistic guide for professionals and parents with valuable contributions by professionals, practitioners families and their children... A case study approach is crafted across chapters, giving authenticity and voices that come alive... Four part of the book reflect current understandings of mutism and communication difficulties, support, intervention strategies and future developments.
A very powerful perspective is offered by the personal accounts from children, young adults and their families highlighting the impact of SM, their journey to gain appropriate support and the positive accounts of those who have overcome SM... The book offers an international perspective on treatment approaches as well as offering information about effective care pathways and the importance of multi-agency approaches to assessment and intervention... This book provides a wealth of information about SM and is an insightful read for professionals and families.
There are not many books that can be recommended to families and professionals alike but this book would be useful to both as it gives insight from the child's perspective... This book therefore provides a well rounded view of the effects of SM and the factors which may inadvertently reinforce the continuation of the selective mutism... The book is a wealth of useful information around the topic and pulls together a range of research and influential people in the field. It would be useful to both parents and professionals alike.
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
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.