Dancing at the crossroads
Subtitle: a guide for caregivers in at-risk youth programs
By: Lorna MacDonald Czarnota ; with collaborations by Diana Koch
Contributors: Koch, Diana, contributor
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Parkhurst Brothers Publishers
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Marion, Michigan
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781624910111; 9781624910364; 9781624910081
Subjects: Social Security; Counseling of; Problem youth; Social work with youth; Social Services & Welfare; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Dance therapy; Public Policy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 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.; title: 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.; title: Chapter 8: The Importance of Using RitualRitual, Rites, and Initiation; Rites of Passage; Appendix: Materials Resource List; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.