In an era filled with change, grief and trauma a revolutionary new approach for children emerges. "What's Dead Mean?" is a true activity book specially written to help children cope with death. This resource combines drawing and pasting with facilitated talking to help parents, teachers, child care workers, or indeed anyone faced with the challenge of communicating this vital, and often neglected, message to the young. The resource evolved from a mothers own experience of managing how to tell her own child that her sibling had died. Feeling that she...
Interested in learning or teaching narrative therapy practice? This special issue is a response to the many requests we receive for examples of ‘teaching exercises’ related to narrative therapy. These requests come not only from teachers but also from practitioners who are wanting further ways of improving their skills and/or ways of exploring narrative practices with colleagues. This issue includes exercises from Russia, USA, Australia and Canada. The journal also includes a lead paper, ‘Turning the spotlight back on the normalizing gaze’, by Jane Hutton and Kate Knapp. This is...
An invaluable resource for conducting successful solution-focused therapy. Drawing on nearly 30 years of clinical practice, Bannink compiles solution-focused questions and protocols that are formulated to elicit the client's expertise on the issue(s) that brought him or her to therapy. Categorized for general use and for use with specific types of clients-such as children, couples, and families, and those who have suffered trauma or who might benefit from medication-the questions demonstrate how the precise use of language is an important tool in solution-focused interviewing. Exercises and homework suggestions invite self-reflection and experimentation...
101 Healing Stories for Kids and Teens provides straightforward advice on using storytelling and metaphors in a variety of therapeutic settings. Ideal for all who work with young people, this unique resource can be combined with other inventive and evidence-based techniques such as play, art, music, and drama therapies as well as solution focused, hypnotic, and cognitive-behavioural approaches. Offering guidance for new clinicians and seasoned professionals, George Burns’ latest work delivers a unique combination–information on incorporating storytelling in therapy, dozens of ready-made stories, and tips for creating original therapeutic stories. Innovative...
Teachers, facilitators, team leaders or parents - this practical book will provide you with range of games to keep your group engaged and energized! 50 Ways to Use Your Noodle is a great addition to your tool kit because: The games and activities are played on dry land. You can use your noodles all year long. Many original activities People love to play games with noodles. The instructions are easy to read. There are pictures and diagrams for each activity. You are going...
There's no simple, straightforward route to being a fine man for boys growing up in the 21st century. Sadly, too many of our boys get lost along the way. Using wisdom, gentle humour and experience Mark Barnes has produced a practical, heartfelt guide for fathers who want to help their sons stay on track.
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