Abstract
Research on the rhythmic aspects of human communication opens up to care practice a number of promising ways for working with children, youth and adults. This article highlights the importance of locating the mutual “pulse” of care interactions and then employing interpersonal techniques in the overt use of rhythmicity to foster a sense of togetherness and common purpose.
Highlights
Throughout the ages we find rhythmic interactions and the subsequent fostering of group cohesion in folklore and daily practice
Paul Byers, one of the pioneers of this group of researchers, became so excited by their discoveries that he thought that they had located“the molecules of human behaviors” (Byers, 1972, p. 1)
They discerned in their specialized and highly technical research, based upon electronic and pictorial measurements, that rhythmic interactions are revealed in an“unconscious undercurrent of synchronized movements” (HaIl, 1976, p. 66)
Summary
With kind permission from the Association for Child and Youth Care Practice, Inc.: The Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, Rhythmicity—A Powerful Force for Experiencing Unity and Personal Connections, Vol 8, 1992, pp. 7-13, Maier, H., © The National Organization of Child and Youth Care Associations, Inc.
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