Time to listen to children : personal and professional communication / edited by Pat Milner and Birgit Carolin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Milner, Pat, 1936-

Carolin, Birgit, 1933-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children--Services for--Great Britain.

Children.

Interpersonal communication in children--Great Britain.

Interpersonal communication in children.

Children and adults--Great Britain.

Children and adults.

Listening.

Physical Description:

xiii, 237 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Time to Listen to Children is a practical guide to effective communication with children. Professionals working with children in a variety of settings examine the skills required to help children articulate their problems and feelings. They discuss issues such as training, cultural background and religion and give accounts of their work in the following settings: * education * social services * voluntary organizations * medical settings * law Contributors practice a variety of therapeutic techniques, including play, music and art therapy. Time to Listen to Children will be a valuable resource for social workers, teachers and counsellors in training and for all professionals who wish to adopt a skilled, reflective and active approach to their work with children.

Contents:

chapter INTRODUCTION

part Part I SETTING THE SCENE

chapter 1 A MEDLEY OF CHILDREN’S VOICES / Birgit Carolin

chapter 2 PLEASURES, PITFALLS AND PERPLEXITIES

The content of counselling and supervision / Dorothy Eddi Piper

chapter 3 LEARNING TO LISTEN, LEARNING TO HEAR

A training approach / Penny Toller

part Part II MULTICULTURES, MULTIFAITHS

chapter 4 Communicating with a black child: overcoming obstacles of difference

LENNOX K. THOMAS / Overcoming obstacles of difference Lennox K. Thomas

chapter 5 CHILDREN, SPIRITUALITY AND RELIGION / Margaret Crompton

part Part III AT WORK WITH CHILDREN

chapter 6 Children as teachers: listening to children in education

COLLEEN McLAUGHLIN, MARY CARNELL AND LYNNE BLOUNT / Listening to children in education Colleen McLaughlin, Mary Carnell and Lynne Blount

chapter 7 Child protection: facing up to fear

BARBARA SMEDLEY / Facing up to fear Barbara Smedley

chapter 8 ‘Will it hurt?’ Children and medical settings

PENNY COOK / Children and medical settings Penny Cook

chapter 9 ‘WORKING WITH HOPE’ IN VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS / Birgit Carolin

part Part IV LISTENING CREATIVELY

chapter 10 ‘I’M GOING TO DO MAGIC.’ SAID TRACEY

Working with children using person-centred art therapy / Heather Giles

chapter 11 LISTENING TO CHILDREN THROUGH PLAY / Carol Dasgupta

chapter 12 Listening: the first step toward communicating through music / The first step toward communicating through music Amelia Oldfield

part Part V CHILDREN, RESEARCH AND THE LAW

chapter 13 ‘IT’S COOL. ’COS YOU CAN’T GIVE US DETENTIONS AND THINGS, CAN YOU?!’

Reflections on research with children / Virginia Morrow

chapter 14 CHILDREN AND THE LAW / Pat Monro.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-134-69345-1

1-134-69346-X

0-203-19083-1

1-280-32701-4

0-203-13751-5

9780203137512

OCLC:

271801592