Jenny Drew

Cartooning Teen Stories: Using Comics to Explore Key Life Issues with Young People

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Produktbeschreibung

Comics are highly effective for broaching difficult social and emotional issues and this book explains how to use them with young people in educational and therapeutic settings. With 5 ready-to-use comics and advice on making them from scratch, learn how to support young people through interactive comics and help them to explore complex feelings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 295mm x 208mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 642g
• ISBN-13: 9781849056311
• ISBN-10: 1849056315
• Artikelnr.: 42791721

Autorenporträt

Jenny Drew is a Preventions Keyworker for the Youth Offending Service, providing intensive support to young people aged 8-17 to reduce their risk of offending behaviour. Jenny has always loved comics, and since obtaining her Advanced Diploma in the Therapeutic Application of the Arts, she has been using cartoons as a therapeutic storytelling tool with young people and runs workshops for adults on this subject. She is based in the Bath/North East Somerset region, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. Notes on the text. Foreword by a young collaborator. Part
1: Working with comics and young people. 1. Introduction. 2. The
therapeutic application of the arts. 3. The Comic Participation Model. 4.
How to use the comics in this book. Part : Six comics. Allen - the story of
a young carer. Brian - the story of a young person with ADHD. Emily - the
story of a young person exploring her sexual identity. Jay - the story of a
transgender person. Lauren - the story of someone with Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder. Cartoon Your Life - A comic about how to make a comic.
Part 3: Practical resources. The Safe Spoken Word - a workshop on how to
share stories safely. Lesson plans and worksheets. Young carers and mental
health (Allen). ADHD (Brian). LGB issues and homophobia (Emily). Gender
(Jay). Trauma and resilience (Lauren). Answers to Quizzes. References.