The Silent Child: Exploring the World of Children Who Do Not Speak

by Laurent Danon-Boileau

Book Overview

Laurent Danon-Boileau is one of France's most respected child psychoanalysts. In The Silent Child, he takes us into his office to watch him treat six children who cannot or will not speak.
Reminiscent of Oliver Sacks's The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, this intriguing book introduces us to patients of surpassing strangeness, children who suffer from severe psychological difficulties that block their ability to speak or read. For instance,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199214042
• ISBN13: 9780199214044
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"