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Narrative counseling in schools : powerful & brief

Winslade, John.
Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c1999.

Bibliographic Information


Format: Book
Author: Winslade, John.
Subject: Educational counseling
Narrative therapy
Interpersonal relations
Publication Year:1999
Language:English
Published:Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Corwin Press, c1999.
ISBN:9780803966239
0803966237
9780803966178
0803966172
0803966237 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0803966172 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Series:Practical skills for counselors
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is narrative counseling all about? We live through stories. A narrative counseling scenario -- Doing narrative counseling : a step-by-step guide. Starting assumptions. Attitudes to bring into the room. Specific narrative methods -- Reworking reputations. The discourse of schooling. School descriptions. The power of the teacher. Deficit discourse. Resistance -- Conversations with kids who are "in trouble". Stealing trouble. Trouble in the classroom. Combating abusive behavior. Truancy trouble. Enrolling a new student. Counseling and discipline -- Working in a narrative way with groups, classes, and even communities : beyond an exclusive focus on the individual. Seeking out a wider audience to the new story. Building communities of concern. Group work programs. Working with a whole class. Classroom lessons built on "interviewing the problem". Starting conversations with a school. Narrative climate in the school.
Course: SW450

Availability at HKSYU Library


Location Call number Status
English Book (4/F) 371.4 WIN 1999 Available