TY  - BOOK
AU  - Patzlaff,Rainer
TI  - Childhood falls silent: the loss of speech and how we need to foster speaking and communication in the electronic age 
U1  - 371.391 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - [UK]
PB  - Kindling
KW  - Language disorders in children
KW  - Communicative disorders in children
KW  - Speech disorders in children
KW  - Waldorf method of education
N1  - Title from cover; "Dr. Rainer Patzlaff is a teacher at the Waldorf School in Stuttgart, and a member of the board of the Association of Waldorf Schools in Germany. This essay was originally translated for and published in Kindling, the UK Journal for Steiner Early Childhood." - Cover; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "This booklet, translated from German, gives a strong picture of the loss of speech and language abilities in children today, explains why technically transmitted speech diminishes brain function, and encourages us to counter it with life-giving, humanly connected speech." -- waldorfbooks.com
ER  -