This second edition is fully updated and addresses ways in which we can apply stories and storytelling with children who are troubled.
Stories can empower children to take action and ask for help, including help with changes and life-plans. Stories provide a secure structure with endings and closure. The book develops the following topics:
- Stories for assessment
- Stories for understanding emotions
- Stories for exploring the senses
- Stories for managing loss
- Stories for ritual and drama
There are new and revised stories, in particular addressing trauma and abuse. This book is written for all those people with the welfare of children as their priority.
Including stories for: play development; senses; assessment; and, emotions, the book also covers a range of fairy stories, myths, legends and suggestions for creating stories together. It aims to improve play skills - through storytelling and storywork - of anyone working with children, especially with children 'at risk'.
"This thought-provoking volume demonstrates, through good explanations of theory and examples of practice, the potential power of stories and storytelling when supporting vulnerable children." - Helen Curran, senior lecturer in SEN at Bath Spa University.
