The Healing Heart: Families : Storytelling to Encourage Caring and Healthy Families

by Cox, Allison M.; Albert, David H.; Mellon, Nancy

• ISBN13: 9780865714670
• ISBN10: 0865714673
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-02-01
• Publisher: Consortium Book Sales & Dist

Summary

The only book of its kind that demonstrates the power of storytelling to heal.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Nancy Mellon	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
HEALING THROUGH STORY	1	(18)
The Tale-Teller, Leslie Slape*	3	(3)
Once upon a time, there was and there was not, Allison M. Cox	6	(4)
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, Jan Andrews*	10	(3)
Entering in, Jan Andrews	13	(2)
Guidelines for healing work, Cristy West	15	(4)
HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION	19	(36)
The breath of life, Allison M. Cox	20	(2)
The Three Little Pigs of Hog Holler Swamp, Allison M. Cox*	22	(4)
There is a balm in Gilead: Storytelling as a Healing Resource for
African-American Women, JoAnne Banks Wallace	26	(5)
Yonjwa Seeks a Bride, Margaret Read McDonald*	31	(3)
A story of a strong woman, Debra Harris-Branham	34	(1)
Kimo's Heart, Randy Landenberger	35	(5)
Share stories, pass it on: Womens health promotion through storytelling, Allison M. Cox	40	(4)
Losing and Getting, Nancy Duncan*	44	(5)
I Don't Want to Talk About It,, Tom Farley*	49	(6)
CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL PROBLEMS RECLAIM THEIR LIVES	55	(20)
Digital storytelling with bandaides and blackboards: When chronic illness-
or some other medical problem goes to school, Joan Fleitas	56	(2)
Sally Goes to School, Joan Fleitas*	58	(8)
Kinka: A Story About the Birth of a Very Special Tortoise, Deborah Robins*	66	(2)
Binding the unraveled sleeve: Story and music come to oncology camp, Tom McDermot	68	(2)
Nobody's Good for Nothin', Tom McDermot	70	(5)
STORIES IN THE HOSPITAL AND BEYOND	75	(16)
I Want to Tell You a Story, Michale Gabriel	76	(3)
The Search for the Magic Lake, Cristy West*	79	(3)
Some successful stories and story interactions, Cristy West	82	(3)
The medicine of the heart, Laura Simms	85	(6)
COPING WITH GRIEF	91	(16)
Storytelling and bereavement, Gail Rosen	92	(3)
Outwitting Death, Gail Rosen*	95	(3)
Infinite Resource and Sagacity, Diane Rooks	98	(3)
Writing David's Story, Diane Rooks	101	(2)
Honoring a Life Through Sharing Stories, Allison M. Cox	103	(4)
SPIRITUAL HEALING	107	(18)
Buried Treasure: Sacred tales and healing, Elisa Pearmain	108	(8)
Story wrestling: Healing through telling Hasidic stories, Doug Lipman	116	(1)
Rabbi Gershon's Dream, Doug Lipman	117	(8)
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL	125	(16)
Storytelling and resiliency: Why children need stories, Linda Fredericks	126	(3)
The Gift of Good Advice, Linda Fredericks*	129	(5)
The Magic Brush, Rose Owens*	134	(3)
Stories as tools for coping, Rose Owen	137	(4)
EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTIONS THE PARENTCHILD MOTHER GOOSE PROGRAM	141	(12)
The heart of Mother Goose: Lullabies, lap-rhymes and stories, Allison M. Cox	142	(1)
The parent-child Mother Goose Program, Celia Barker Lottridge	143	(4)
The stories in the rhymes, by Sandra Carpenter-Davis	147	(2)
Oral literacy: Learning while listening, Merle Harris	149	(2)
Miriam's Story, Merle Harris	151	(2)
STORIES GO TO SCHOOL	153	(16)
The Odyssey Project: Adolescent pregnancy prevention through storytelling, Allison M. Cox	154	(7)
Cucarachita, Maureen Pedone*	161	(3)
Listening is the other half of telling: Teaching students with story, Kevin Cordi	164	(5)
ADOPTING FAMILIES	169	(14)
Family trees, Renee Diaz de Leon Harvey	170	(4)
The Tree of Creation, Renee Diaz de Leon Harvey*	174	(4)
The Pincoya's Daughter, Celia Barker Lottridge*	178	(3)
Traditional stories that address adoption issues, Nancy Schimmel	181	(2)
EXPLORING ALTERNATIVE SEXUAL IDENTITIES	183	(12)
Bi-anonymous, Melanie Ray	184	(2)
The Tackety Boots, Hazel Lennox*	186	(2)
Dismantling discrimination, one story at a time, Rico Rodriquez	188	(2)
The Best of Both Worlds, Rico Rodriguez	190	(5)
DECONSTRUCTING PREJUDICE AND DEVELOPING EMPATHY	195	(14)
Kofi's Hat, Susan O'Halloran	196	(1)
Compassionate action through storytelling, Susan O'Halloran	197	(2)
Kanu Above and Kanu Below, Margaret Read MacDonald*	199	(5)
Speaking from the heart: Empathic rapport and the role of the oral tradition
in moral development, Paul Nelson	204	(5)
Bibliography	209
Author biographies and contact information	229