Why can't I help this child to learn? : understanding emotional barriers to learning / edited by Helen High.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

High, Helen.

United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Series:

UKCP Karnac series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Learning disabled children--Education.

Learning disabled children.

Emotional problems of children.

Child psychotherapy.

Special education.

Emotion-focused therapy.

Physical Description:

xix, 146 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac Books, 2012.

Contents:

Part I The theoretical background to educational psychotherapy

Chapter 1 Theoretical principles applied in educational psychotherapy / Helen High High, Helen 3

Chapter 2 Psychoanalytic theory of development and unconscious mental processes / Helen High High, Helen 9

Chapter 3 The potential space and indirect communication in educational psychotherapy / Helen High High, Helen 31

Chapter 4 "Once upon a time": the symbolic meaning of fairy tales and their use in educational psychotherapy / Gillian Salmon Salmon, Gillian 39

Part II: Educational psychotherapy case studies

Chapter 5 Work with a hard-to-reach child / Jenny Dover Dover, Jenny 49

Chapter 6 The effect of loss on learning: the stillborn sibling / Mia Beaumont Beaumont, Mia 59

Chapter 7 A boy who used numbers as a defence against feelings / Heather Geddes Geddes, Heather 71

Chapter 8 Family dynamics and the educational experience / Muriel Barrett Barrett, Muriel 85

Part III: Applications of educational psychotherapy

Chapter 9 Therapeutic story groups: educational psychotherapy in a school setting / Gill Morton Morton, Gill 105

Chapter 10 What can educational psychotherapy teach teachers? / Marie Delaney Delaney, Marie 121.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1855757877

9781855757875

OCLC:

769469779

Publisher Number:

99947680816