A Session by Session Guide to Life Story Work: A Practical Resource to Use with Looked After or Adopted Children

Life story work is a term often used to describe an approach that helps looked after and adopted children to talk and learn about their life experiences with the help of a trusted adult. This book is an essential step-by-step guide for carers and professionals seeking to carry out life story work with a traumatised or vulnerable child in their care. Underpinned by positive psychology and drawing on up-to-date research and real-life practice, the book offers a sound theoretical understanding of life story work as well as a practical and easy-to-use ten-session programme. Each session covers the equipment and information needed, a consideration of who is best placed to carry out the work, and answers to commonly raised questions. Also discussed are age-appropriate approaches and ideas for extending each session into other activities and methods to make it more feasible for life story work to be a shared activity between two or three adults who know the child well. This book gives professionals and carers the confidence to carry out life story work in a way that is sensitive to the child's needs and positive for their self-perception and relationships.

Politics & Social Sciences

Shotton, Gillian

Social Sciences

Routledge

Life story work is a term often used to describe an approach that helps looked after and adopted children to talk and learn about their life experiences with the help of a trusted adult. This book is an essential step-by-step guide for carers and professionals seeking to carry out life story work with a traumatised or vulnerable child in their care. Underpinned by positive psychology and drawing on up-to-date research and real-life practice, the book offers a sound theoretical understanding of life story work as well as a practical and easy-to-use programme of sessions. Each session covers the equipment and information needed, a consideration of who is best placed to carry out the work, and answers to commonly raised questions. Also discussed are age-appropriate approaches and ideas for extending each session into other activities and methods to make it more feasible for life story work to be a shared activity between two or three adults who know the child well. This book gives professionals and carers the confidence to carry out life story work in a way that is sensitive to the child's needs and positive for their self-perception and relationships.

Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook

This is an essential book for those wishing to make a positive contribution to the emotional ethos of their place of work. Written by two popular and experienced authors who offer training to school staff, it aims to help people learn about emotional literacy and promote it with individuals, groups or whole classes. Each section includes a theoretical explanation, a description of particular vulnerabilities, plus activities, resources and a case study. Topics covered include:  recognising and managing feelings active listening self-esteem understanding and managing anger friendship skills therapeutic stories social skills.

Education & Teaching

Burton, Sheila

Schools & Teaching

This is an essential resource for educators working to support emotional wellbeing in children and young people. Written by the team behind the Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) training programme, it provides practical suggestions that can be implemented straight away to make a positive difference in the life of the young person.  The second edition of this bestselling guide has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on resilience as well as additional material on recognising and dealing with anxiety and anger. The chapters give a clear overview of each topic underpinned by the latest research in educational psychology, descriptions of vulnerabilities as well as case studies and suggestions for practical activities. Topics include:    self-esteem;    friendship skills;    social skills;   therapeutic stories;   dealing with loss and bereavement.    Designed for use with individuals, groups or whole classes, this will be vital reading for ELSA trainees as well as anyone wanting to provide the best possible support for the emotional wellbeing of the young people they work with.

Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook for Schools

Pupil Friendly IEPs and Target Sheets: And Other Pupil-Friendly Resources (Lucky Duck Books)

Involving children in discussing, planning and reviewing their targets for learning and behaviour is a key element of Every Child Matters (2003) and the Children′s Plan (2007). This new edition of Gillian Shotton′s best selling book, has been updated to include new templates for teachers looking to involve children in writing their Individual Education Plan (IEP), as well as the introduction of target sheets applicable for all primary and secondary students. The resource provides a useful tool for helping teachers put some of the Assessment for Learning strategies into practice.  Features of the new edition include: - IEP templates with brand new illustrations - Pupil-friendly target sheets to engage learners in the target setting process - A Pupil Friendly Pastoral Support Programme developed specifically for secondary aged pupils - An Act of Kindness log to encourage and record positive acts in the classroom  The accompanying CD Rom provides easy-to-use, engaging and fun templates which allow teachers to truly involve pupils in the planning and reviewing process. These resources can either be printed off as resource sheets to be filled in and coloured in by hand, or they can be filled in on-screen.

Sage Publications Ltd.

Involving children in discussing, planning and reviewing their targets for learning and behaviour is a key element of Every Child Matters (2003) and the Children′s Plan (2007). This new edition of Gillian Shotton′s best selling book, has been updated to include new templates for teachers looking to involve children in writing their Individual Education Plan (IEP), as well as the introduction of target sheets applicable for all primary and secondary students. The resource provides a useful tool for helping teachers put some of the Assessment for Learning strategies into practice. Features of the new edition include: - IEP templates with brand new illustrations - Pupil-friendly target sheets to engage learners in the target setting process - A Pupil Friendly Pastoral Support Programme developed specifically for secondary aged pupils - An Act of Kindness log to encourage and record positive acts in the classroom The accompanying CD Rom provides easy-to-use, engaging and fun templates which allow teachers to truly involve pupils in the planning and reviewing process. These resources can either be printed off as resource sheets to be filled in and coloured in by hand, or they can be filled in on-screen.

This book has been developed from Gillians own work in primary and secondary schools.   The publication consists of:  " comprehensive teacher notes " lesson plans focused on emotional literacy " copiable diary pages notes.  Facilitating this programme the teacher will:  " help students to understand, manage and express their  own emotions " extend the range of feelings and vocabulary used " encourage emotionally literate behaviours and relationships.  An essential resource for those who want to encourage emotional development in young people.

The Feelings Diary: Helping Pupils to Develop their Emotional Literacy Skills by Becoming More Aware of their Feelings on a Daily Basis - For Key Stages 2 and 3 (Lucky Duck Books)

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A Session by Session Guide to Life Story Work: A Practical Resource to Use with Looked After or Adopted Children

A Session by Session Guide to Life Story Work: A Practical Resource to Use with Looked After or Adopted Children

Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook

Emotional Wellbeing: An Introductory Handbook for Schools

Pupil Friendly IEPs and Target Sheets: And Other Pupil-Friendly Resources (Lucky Duck Books)

Pupil Friendly IEPs and Target Sheets: And Other Pupil-Friendly Resources (Lucky Duck Books)

The Feelings Diary: Helping Pupils to Develop their Emotional Literacy Skills by Becoming More Aware of their Feelings on a Daily Basis - For Key Stages 2 and 3 (Lucky Duck Books)