TY - BOOK ID - 77916402 TI - The silent child : communication without words AU - Magagna, Jeanne. AU - Scott, Michelle PY - 2012 SN - 0429483198 1280782595 9786613692986 1849409994 9781849409995 1855755181 9781855755185 9781280782596 9780429483196 9781781810910 1781810915 9781855755185 0429907966 9780429907968 6613692980 PB - London : Karnac, DB - UniCat KW - Mutism. KW - Speech disorders in children. KW - Communicative disorders in children KW - Dumbness KW - Speechlessness KW - Speech disorders KW - Mutisme. KW - Communicatie KW - Communicative disorders in children. KW - Kinderen. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77916402 AB - 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 ER -