Katz-Bernstein Selective Mutism in Children

Manifestations, Diagnosis, Therapy
3rd revised Auflage Auflage
ISBN: 978-3-497-60125-7
Verlag: Ernst Reinhardt Verlag
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Deutsch, 243 Seiten

Compact Basic KnowledgeWhy does the girl not speak in kindergarten? Why does the boy remain silent during school? Selectively mute children have the ability to speak, but choose not to use it in unfamiliar situations or in communication with certain people. A conversation with these children is often not possible at all or only via gestures or written messages.

Nitza Katz-Bernstein elaborates in her book the symptoms of this dysfunction and explains the diagnostics and different therapies. She takes into consideration therapeutic elements from various disciplines such as speech therapy, as well as different schools of child and adolescent psychotherapy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Katz-Bernstein, Nitza

Weitere Mitwirkende

Moston, Terry

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Content;5
2;A Brief History;8
3;Introduction;11
4;Part I – Theoretical Approaches ;19
4.1;1 What is (Selective) Mutism?;20
4.1.1;1.1 Definition and Appearance;20
4.1.2;1.2 Diagnostic Criteria;23
4.1.3;1.3 Types of Mutism ;24
4.1.4;1.4 Epidemiology, Co-Morbidity and Risk Factors;26
4.1.5;1.5 A Contribution to Aetiology: Why Are Children Silent?;31
4.2;2 Linguistic and Developmental-Psychological Approaches;34
4.2.1;2.1 Why a Developmental-Psychological Approach?;34
4.2.2;2.2 Language Acquisition and Language Development;35
4.2.3;2.3 Summary;55
5;Part II – Diagnostics and Therapy Coordination;57
5.1;1 Diagnostic Surveys;58
5.2;2 Setting and Case Management;63
5.3;3 Survey of Data Relevant to Therapy;66
6;Part III – Therapeutic Approaches and Efficacious Treatments;79
6.1;1 Therapeutic Attitude;80
6.1.1;1.1 Exert Pressure or Use Laissez Faire?;81
6.1.2;1.2 Relationship Design and Motivation;82
6.1.3;1.3 Models, Techniques, Training Programmes;87
6.1.4;1.4 Integrative Principles for Therapeutic Work;88
6.2;2 Therapy Planning;90
6.2.1;2.1 Clarification of the Tasks of the Treatment;90
6.2.2;2.2 Separation from Attachment Figures;94
6.2.3;2.3 Safe Place;98
6.2.4;2.4 Strengthening the „Alter Ego“;104
6.2.5;2.5 Perseverance;108
7;Part IV – Communicating Non-Verbally;111
7.1;1 Constructing Communicative Behavior;112
7.2;2 Working with Puppets and Transitional Objects;114
7.3;3 The Fairytale Book with Speech Bubbles;117
7.4;4 Language Therapies;120
7.5;5 Symbolisation and Narrative Processing;125
7.5.1;5.1 The Symbolic Game as Therapeutic Intervention ;125
7.5.2;5.2 The Relevance of Symbolic Play in Therapy ;127
7.5.3;5.3 The Therapeutic Role in Symbolic Play ;129
7.5.4;5.4 Digression: Developmental Diagnosis of Symbolic Play ;132
7.6;6 Taming Aggression in Symbolic and Role-Play;135
8;Part V – Building Verbal Communication ;143
8.1;1 Communicating with Sounds;144
8.2;2 First Words;146
8.2.1;2.1 The First Word of the Preschool Child;146
8.2.2;2.2 The First Word of the Schoolchild;151
8.3;3 Working with the Tape;158
8.4;4 Shadow Speaking and Forced Moves;160
8.5;5 Working with „Ego-States“, „Inner Voices“ or „Introjects“;163
8.6;6 Homework;167
8.7;7 Transfer: The Generalisation of Speaking Ability;171
8.8;8 Crisis and Resistance;174
8.9;9 The End of the Therapy: Evaluation and Departure;179
9;Part VI – Cooperation with Relatives and Experts;183
9.1;1 Family and Silence;184
9.2;2 Cooperation with Parents and Relatives ;187
9.2.1;2.1 Principles for Working with Parents;187
9.2.2;2.2 Special Aspects of Working Together;189
9.2.3;2.3 Issues of Frequent Concern to Parents;191
9.3;3 Mutism and School;201
9.4;4 Cooperation with Other Professionals;203
10;Part VII – Case Report;207
10.1;Lui, the Class and I;208
10.2;Summary of the Case Studies;216
11;Bibliography;224
12;Index;241

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Dr. Nitza Katz-Bernstein, Consultant, Super visor,

Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist (SPV, CH) and

speech therapist, Switzerland, led the centre for

counselling and therapy of the Faculty of Rehabili ta-tion Sciences, University of Dortmund, Germany. She

is visiting Professor at the Tel Aviv University / Israel.