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This book shows you a way of telling stories with children, so that they can begin to tell stories themselves. It has been written to help everyone who comes into contact with children who find it difficult to tell stories independently. They may have special educational needs, or be in the process of learning to speak the language of a new country, or be children who are not used to voicing their experiences and being heard. This method can be used with all of them, because it is a natural approach, based on observations of the ways in which anecdotes are told in everyday life.
Personal stories are the way we develop a sense of who we are, make sense of our experiences and make and sustain relationships. Research shows that people with severe communication difficulties – such as severe and profound learning disabilities, autism and language impairments – find it hard to recall and share the stories of their lives. This handbook draws on fifteen years of research and practice into personal storytelling in adult services and educational settings. Storysharing is a unique, innovative and highly effective approach to enabling the most severely disabled individuals to participate in telling their own stories.
Although the book has been written about storytelling with children, you will find that the approach is also useful with adults who have communication difficulties.
About this book
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 7
APPENDICES
