Zugl.: Köln, Universiẗat, Diss., 1996.

The diploma thesis named Analysis of communication ability of a pupil with elective mutism, deals with the issue of communication of a girl with elective mutism. The teoretical part is based on a thorough analysis of literature and electronic sources. The introdictory chapter acquaints us with the development of communication and communication skills, the psychological development of the child, then defines the issue of impaired communication skills is childhood. The second chapter is devoted to mutism. It elaborates not only its terminological definition, etiology, diagnosis, therapy and prognosis, but also the issue of a pupil with elective mutism at school and principles of communication with this child. The third chapter deals with nonverbal communication, especially in connection with children's expressions. In this part are elaborated all components of non-verbal communication - kinesics (gestures, facial expressions, haptics); posture; proxemics and paralinguistic. The fourth chapter is the empirical part. This chapter describes the methodology of the research. The main objective of the research was to analyze the communication process of a pupil with elective mutism. Then the partial goals of the research and research questions were determined. Case study focused on communication...

The topic of the diploma thesis is speech therapy and intervention of pupils with elective mutism. The thesis is structured into four chapters. The theoretical framework is presented in three chapters, the fourth one is an empirical part of the thesis. The first theoretical chapter describes the concept of communication and the definitions of basic terms, such as speech communication, speech, language, language levels of speech, socialization and social interaction. There are also listed terminological definition of elective mutism, etiology, classification and symptomatology. The second theoretical chapter is based on the issues of speech therapy and intervention and its system in the Czech Republic in terms of diagnostics, differential diagnostics, the process of therapy, prevention and prognosis. The third chapter describes the multidisciplinary approaches and support of the pupils with elective mutism in terms of family and school education. The role of the teacher is also described and at the end of the chapter indicated the help to the pupil in basic education. The fourth empirical chapter deals with qualitative research, realized by case studies, which were supplemented by other research techniques. The main objective of the research was to analyze speech therapy and intervention in pupils...

This diploma thesis deals with mutism from the perspective of specialized czech and foreign literature. The character of the thesis is theoretical and the thesis is divided into three parts. In the first chapter, there is mutism described based on the study of czech specialized literature as well as etiology, symptoms, diagnostics and treatment. The second chapter describes the same categories but based on the study of foreign literature. The last part is dedicated to the analysis and comparison of acquired knowledge in particular areas. The most signifiant differences can be found in the area of diagnostics and therapy of mutisms, which are more elaborated in foreign literature than in Czech literature. Some differences appear in all other areas of mutism. The learning theory is the characteristic feature of foreign literature in the field of etiology of mutism, also the social enxiety is the characteric feature in the area of symptoms and treatment; overall we can see a dominant influence of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The Czech literature provides a number of different views not only on the definition of mutism, but also on the etiology and symptomatology. The diagnostics and the therapy of mutism is not further elaborated in the Czech literature.