Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour by Perrow, Susan -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Front Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Acknowledgements Contents Foreword by Nancy Mellon Introduction: The Healing Light of Stories Section One: My Story Journey

1. From Dried Prunes to Juicy Plums: Why Use Stories?

Imagination and storytelling Food for imaginative thought Scepticism and self-doubt ‘Born to be King’ Listing reservations

2. Weaving Stories into the Family Fabric

The helping Brownie Car tales and tangled knots Travelling through the wardrobe Imaginative play and the ‘little folk’ Imaginative family traditions Poetry and creativity Bottles and bubbles ‘Cloud Boy’ wins a healing victory

3. Weaving Stories into the Teaching Fabric

Poetry leads to story making From the forest to the sea A fire story to heal trauma A wild pony story A simple shoe story Environmental healing tales Knitting needles and pocket knives Tales from the story doctor Writing and sourcing, sifting and sorting

Section Two: Writing Therapeutic Stories

4. ‘Story’ and ‘Behaviour’

What is a story? Some metaphors for ‘story’ What is a therapeutic story? What is behaviour? Context and relationships Evaluating adult influence on children’s behaviour Identifying ‘challenging’ behaviour Describing specific challenging behaviour Labels and categories Imbalance to balance The tapestry of discipline

5. A Construction Model for Story Writing

Metaphor Journey Resolution Analysing therapeutic stories Working out of a ‘helping’ intention The value of props Focusing on specifics Adjusting stories to different situations Repetition, rhythm and rhyme Happy and hope-filled endings

6. Different Stories for Different Ages

Story rhymes and rhyming stories Nature tales and ‘everyday’ stories Folktales and fairytales, and the development of fantasy

7. Truth and Morality

Is it true? Nature research Fibs, lies and tall tales Lying contests and the use of humour Moral or moralistic?

8. Story Making Exercises

The Kangaroo Brothers The Two Pigeons Mrs. Table and the Chair Children

Section Three: Stories for Challenging Behaviour

9. Bored or Whingeing

Bored Baboon Whingeing (Whining) Whale The Squeaky Bed The Star Apple The Secret of Easter

10. Dishonest or Sneaky

The Doves and the Hyena Dishonest Dingo Anansi and the Statue Akimba and the Magic Cow Cherry Red

11. Disrespectful or Uncaring

Tembe’s Boots The Pocket Knife and the Castle Ball of Wool Poem The Little Girl Who Loved Flowers Grandmother and the Donkey The Old Woman and the Ants

12. Greedy or Unable to Share

Garden of Light – an environmental fairytale Greedy Possum The Magic Fish ‘Greedy’ Anansi stories Anansi and his Shadow Being Greedy Chokes Anansi Anansi and the Birds The Frangipani Maiden

13. Irritating or Impatient

Pesky Pelican Impatient Zebra

14. Lazy

The Three Weaver Brothers The Fisherman

15. Noisy or Disruptive

Noisy Gnome Story Never-Get-Enough Garden of Birds

16. Pinching, Hurting or Fighting

Cranky Crab The Enormous Nail Jeremy and the Magic Sticks The Beautiful Queen A Bag of Nails

17. Shy or Introverted

A Little Boy Went Sailing Strawberry Shy and Raspberry Wild Pumpkin Munchkin The Littlest Bubble

18. Teasing or Bullying

Princess Light The Feather from the Lake The Invisible Hunter The Story of Rhodopese How Beetle Got Her Colours The Three Billy-Goats Red Truck Story

19. Uncooperative

The Towel Story The Doves and the Hunter Benjie and the Turnip

20. Wild or Restless

Restless Red Pony The Snail and the Pumpkin The Grass Star Man Jaden and the Fairy Eggs

Section Four: Stories for Challenging Situations

21. Change or Transition

Anything New A Chameleon Story Farmer Just Right Little Shell

22. Tidy-Up Time

Tidy Teddy Little Straw Broom

23. Fear or Nightmares

God’s Garden The Antelope, the Butterfly and the Chameleon The Elves and the Shoemaker The Sky’s Blue Cloak Mother Rabbit and the Bush Fire Born to be King

24. Illness, Grieving or Death

The Story of Silky Wriggly Fly, Eagle, Fly Stream, Desert, Wind The Frog and the Pail of Cream The Little Clay Girl A Doll for Sylvia Shimmer Wing

25. New Baby in the House

The Magic Stick The Water Child

26. Separation Anxiety

The Monkey Tree Mother Moon Baby Bear Koala

Section Five: The Art of Storytelling

27. Storytelling and Story Reading

Telling stories Reading stories Storytelling techniques and rituals

28. Multi-Cultural Thoughts

Cultural sensitivity The healing nature of multi-cultural tales Different story rituals for different cultures

29. Storytelling for Different Audiences and Occasions

Polarities in storytelling Audience and venue Mixed-age audience Impromptu storytelling

30. Props and Presentation Ideas

Why use props? To ‘prop’ or not to ‘prop’? Workability of props Different ways to ‘prop’ the same story

31. Guidelines for Assessing Storytelling 32. Conclusion: A Story A Day

Lindelwe’s Song

Appendix 1 – Recommended books and websites Appendix 2 – Completed story charts

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