Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour [Paperback]

Susan Perrow (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 2008 | Age Range: 4 and up | Series: Early Years

Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour brings together the fruits of Susan Perrow's work in storymaking. It is richly illustrated with lively anecdotes drawn from parents and teachers who have discovered how the power of story can help resolve a range of common childhood behaviours and situations such as separation anxiety, bullying, sibling rivalry, nightmares and grieving.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"'Susan Perrow's inspirational adventures with storytelling have grown into this inspiring book. May its pages encourage you to speak healing words that help both children and adults to flourish. Her wisdom, imagination and generosity will kindle the joy and healing power of storytelling in you.' Nancy Mellon, author of Storytelling with Children" --Nancy Mellon, author of Storytelling with Children

From the Author

Working with both modern and traditional tales, and many personal stories, the following chapters offer imaginative possibilities for transforming problematic behaviour and situations with young children. They also provide teachers, parents, childcare workers and child therapists with a range of skills to create stories that address challenging behaviour.

Included in the text are eighty stories divided into different behaviour categories for easy reference - to work with directly, adapt or use as models for creating your own tales. Brief notes precede each story, with an age guide and suggestions for use. The categories cover many kinds of commonly identified challenging behaviour, from dishonesty through laziness to teasing and bullying; everyday situations like `tidy-up time'; experiences such as `moving house'; or problems and difficulties such as `separation anxiety', `fear and nightmares' and `illness and grieving'. The range of selected stories and ideas are suitable for ages three to eight.

If you feel inspired to write your own therapeutic tales, the text provides a story-making model - a threefold framework of `Metaphor', `Journey' and `Resolution' - to guide you.

Beside this framework, the book has chapters on age-appropriate stories, multicultural perspectives, props and presentation aids, and guidelines for the telling of stories. It is my hope, with some help from these sections, that you will feel encouraged to write and tell your own stories, and so perpetuate and develop age-old story traditions.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 301 pages
• Publisher: Hawthorn Press (May 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903458781
• ISBN-13: 978-1903458785
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.7 x 9.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #56,485 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

My name is Susan Perrow.
I am an Australian whose 'work' passion is stories and storytelling. I am a writer, storyteller, teacher trainer and parent educator. For the last 30 years I have been documenting stories from other cultures, writing stories and telling stories to groups of children and adults - all this woven in with a career in teaching and teacher training in Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe and the US/Canada.
Current Work: Today my time is spent writing, consulting with teachers, parents and therapists, and running workshops on therapeutic story-writing and storytelling. I travel internationally - from China to Africa, Europe to America and across my own sun-drenched land of Australia. When I am home I enjoy walking, kayaking and swimming, and lots of family time.
My first book, Healing Stories for Challenging Behaviour, has been translated into several languages, including Mandarin (simplified Chinese), Korean, Traditional Chinese, Croatian and Portuguese. A Japanese translation is in the pipeline, along with a new project, working together with a Japanese illustrator on therapeutic stories for the tsunami survivors.
I am also working on an e-book series - 'A Spoonful of Stories' - each book with a different theme. My first one was launched in February 2013.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book that encourages our inner creative parent February 6, 2010

By K. L. Bridge

Format:Paperback

This book lays out ways to develop yourself as a storyteller while giving background in how healing/encouraging stories are important for children's development and stages of growth. (Stories give an inner picture for the developing) My husband and I both appreciate this book and have pulled out the book for times when we are noticing a pattern in our child that is developing (eg. not sharing with others). The index for stories if very easy to use... and both our children have enjoyed the stories for over a year now... (children 4 and 7 now). In fact, we have read these stories even when we have not had "challenging behaviour"-- they are simple and enjoyable.

15 of 17 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Thirsty for more! April 10, 2009

By SunflowerGarden

Format:Paperback

Since reading this book, I have gone from being a storytime reader to story teller. I have used Susan Perrow's stories with my son, family, friends, and in the classroom. Her book has been instrumental in helping me to understand the power of storytelling and the benefits. The stories are very satisfying to the listener and when the children see me again, they ask for another story. On my end, storytelling does not come naturally. The tips on successful story telling and how to create your own stories have been especially useful.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Buddhist related; fun imagination for our kids! June 24, 2010

By E. Beyersdoerfer

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It was recommended at the annual Waldorf conference this year. I have read a few stories and they have worked out for our family. The discipline chapter about how to approach dealing with bad tempers is very buddhist related (which also serves as a learning guide for both parent and child). They loved the story on the water sprites for going potty. I believe it is geared for younger kids; perhaps seven and below (depending on child). I wish I read this for my first child!