The Dancing Dialogue: Using the Communicative Power of Movement with Young Children

by Suzi Tortora "Ed.D. ADTR CM"

Children's nonverbal cues can uncover critical information about their emotional, social, physical, communicative, and cognitive development. The first approach to focus exclusively on the importance of observing nonverbal expression, The Dancing Dialogue shows early childhood professionals how to assess the behavior and movement of children with a wide range of issues — and use what they learn to develop appropriate interventions. Designed for use with children from birth to 7 years of age, and equally effective for those with and without special needs, this book reveals how to

Genres: Teaching

552 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2005

Reviews

[Kathy Sebesta]

This is actually a textbook on how to use Ways of Seeing to help children with primarily sensory issues such as ADHD and autism, both of which are extremely important to me and my family. I confess to reading only some of the text, but I read and learned from every one of the case studies. I'm not in any way a therapist, but this is already helping me interact better with my grandson.