Dancing at the crossroads : a guide for caregivers in at-risk youth programs /

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Main Author: Czarnota, Lorna (Author)
Other Authors: Koch, Diana (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Marion, Michigan : Parkhurst Brothers Publishers, 2014
Edition:First edition.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Preface; Introduction: The Community of Story; Part I: How Storytelling Works for Healing At-Risk Youth; Chapter 1: The Face Behind the Mask; Trauma Survivors and the Trickster Tale; Sexuality and the At-Risk Teen; Following the Crowd; Gangs and the Adolescent; Chapter 2: Changing Behaviors; The "I Don't Know" Syndrome; Feeling Guilty; Part II: Learning to Dance in Our Relationship with At-Risk Youth; Chapter 3: Negotiating Separation; The Homecoming of an At-Risk Youth; Rules; When is Enough, Enough? Taking Care of Ourselves; Four Principles for Successful Negotiation.
  • Part III: Journeying Toward an Adult/Youth PartnershipChapter 4: The Crossroads: Choosing Life's Path; The Dance; Risking Connection; Chapter 5: The Metaphor of the Tower; Construction: How and Why Towers are Built; Taboo; Planning and Preparation; Therapeutic Steps for Teaching Coping Skills; Getting Stuck in Adolescence; Part: IV: Introduction to the Healing Art of Story; Chapter 6: Using Hansel and Gretel with At-Risk Youth; The Metaphors of Hansel and Gretel; The Resilient Child and Survival; The Trauma of Hansel and Gretel; Chapter 7: Empowering Youth and Self; Choice.
  • Chapter 8: The Importance of Using RitualRitual, Rites, and Initiation; Rites of Passage; Appendix: Materials Resource List; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.