The Inner Life of Children with Special Needs

Most children have interesting interior lives, but the inner lives of some children with special needs often contain secrets which may be permanent or damaging. This book offers professionals working with such children insights into what is going on in these children's minds.

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Most children have interesting interior lives that contain dreams, fantasies, hopes, fears, beliefs and their unconscious lives. This can be inferred from their preoccupations, stories, plays, games, conversations and behaviour. Because many children with special needs are emotionally confused, anxious and angry, their inner lives often contain secrets that may be permanent and damaging. These children nevertheless put out clear signals that they want to be understood.