ABSTRACT
“Self-Talk” examines experiences of talk in the context of falling asleep. Chizuko Fujita discusses the tone of self-talk, the content of self-talk, and the gaze of self-talk in children who share the experience of overnighting during a school camp outing. In listening to the self-talk of children with special needs, what is the sense of self and self-differentiation that seems to occur when a child cannot seem to fall asleep? And how does this developing sense of self in the growing child seem different or similar in a child without special needs?
