Storying Beyond Social Difficulties with Neuro-Diverse Adolescents: "The ""Imagine, Create, Belong"" Social...

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Sophie Goldingay Karen Stagnitti

Storying Beyond Social Difficulties with Neuro-Diverse Adolescents

"The ""Imagine, Create, Belong"" Social Development Programme"

Sophie Goldingay, Karen Stagnitti, Belinda Dean , Narelle Robertson

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Routledge
12 December 2019

Child & developmental psychology; Primary & middle schools; Secondary schools; Teaching of special educational needs; Psychotherapy

"Traditional approaches to social skill development may often be ineffective for those in most need of them – those who are neuro-diverse (for example, on the Autism Spectrum, with dyspraxia, or with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), those who have experienced trauma, those with an intellectual disability, and those who present with Complex Communication Needs. This may be due to difficulties with language, attention, and memory.

Storying Beyond Social Difficulties with Neuro-Diverse Adolescents is a manual that outlines an eight-session programme, called ""Imagine, Create, Belong"", that involves a range of activities designed to develop theory of mind, flexible thinking, empathy, and narrative ability. The sessions can be run across 8 or 16 weeks and contain sections suitable for those in mainstream schools, with adaptations to support adolescents with additional needs (including moderate intellectual disability and Complex Communication Needs). The manual does this via a range of age-appropriate play-based activities within a group setting focused on making a movie. It includes non-verbal and verbal approaches to social development and is an implicit approach to social skills.

The programme is suitable for young people aged 11 years to 15 years with social difficulties. It includes content that may suit adolescents from both individualist and collectivist cultures. The manual provides step-by-step guidance for practitioners to run the ""Imagine, Create, Belong"" social skills programme with participants with a range of intellectual abilities who have been identified by parents, teachers, or other professionals as having social difficulties."

By: Sophie Goldingay, Karen Stagnitti, Belinda Dean, Narelle Robertson, Donna Davidson
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 324g
ISBN: 9780367237042
ISBN 10: 0367237040
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 12 December 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Sophie Goldingay is a senior lecturer and Associate Head of School, Teaching and Learning, in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Karen Stagnitti is Emeritus Professor in the School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University, Geelong, Australia. Belinda Dean is a lecturer in Nursing at Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, and holds a Master's degree in Child Play Therapy. Narelle Robertson is a researcher at the Centre for Project Evaluation at Melbourne University, Australia. Donna Davidson is an occupational therapist and play therapist. Eleanor Francis is a speech pathologist who has worked with children and adults in a variety of settings.

Reviews for Storying Beyond Social Difficulties with Neuro-Diverse Adolescents: "The ""Imagine, Create, Belong"" Social Development Programme"

'Imagine, Create, Belong' is an exceptionally innovative 8-session program that fills a gap for neuro-diverse youth aged 11-15 who struggle with responding to and understanding social situations. It is both culturally and developmentally sensitive and identifies the importance of missing links in early foundational play development. A first of its' kind, the program focusses on neuro-responsive social scaffolding using play-based movie-making activities. Engaging and fun, it is inclusive of neuro-diverse students in both main-stream and special-education settings. 'Imagine, Create, Belong' presents break-through concepts in how to assist youth who struggle with social engagement. This is an essential program for all child and youth therapists! Lorri Yasenik, PhD, RSW, RPT-S, CPT-S, Co-Director of Rocky Mountain Play Therapy Institute