From Isolation to Intimacy : Making Friends without Words.
Title:
From Isolation to Intimacy : Making Friends without Words.
Author:
Caldwell, Phoebe.
ISBN:
9781846426186
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (192 pages)
Contents:
Front cover -- From Isolation to Intimacy -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part One Learning the Skills of Interaction -- 1 First Encounters -- 2 Attention -- 3 Stress -- 4 Body Language -- 5 What Are We Trying to Do? -- 6 Theory of Mind -- 7 How Well Does Using a Person's Body Language Work? -- Part 2 Meeting People -- 8 Three Children on the Autistic Spectrum -- 9 Cerebral Palsy -- 10 Does Age Matter? -- 11 Changing Rooms -- 12 Lost Voices, Learned Language -- 13 Rub It Better -- 14 What Next? -- REFERENCES -- SUBJECT INDEX -- AUTHOR INDEX -- Back cover.
Abstract:
Caldwell shows that Intensive Interaction is a straightforward way, through attending to body language and other non-verbal means of communication, of establishing contact and building a relationship with people who are non-verbal. This simple method is accessible to anyone who lives or works with such people.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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