This is a training for educators of all levels, counselors, intervention specialists, mediators and administrators. This is a multi-dimensional program that engages participants to experience how differences create possibilities. Like the story of the Blind Men and the Elephant, when I only look through my eyes and those of people like me, I only see a part of the pattern. Participants in this training will discover the essential human themes that transcend culture and time and bind us together as one species. Character Development through Storytelling Participants experience and process stories in ways that develop healthy traits such as honesty, loyalty, respect, gratitude, friendship, fairness, responsibility, compassion and peace.
Stories can help to create a commitment to goodness and ethical behavior.
Rather than behavior modification by external motivation, story nurturing fosters the intrinsic desire to be good. Story-based, character development programs are appropriate for teachers, counselors and mentors of all ages. Transitions - The Best of Times, the Worst of Times These trainings in orienteering and map making will help participants plot a course through the unknown territory of personal life transitions. Participants will learn to plot their lives and transitions using specific, organized road maps outlined in multicultural stories since the beginning of time. Students making transitions from elementary to middle to senior high school, as well as teachers, counselors and administrators will find this an effective in learning how to make productive life transitions and healthy changes.