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Title The healing heart--communities : storytelling to build strong and healthy communities / edited by Allison M. Cox and David H. Albert ; foreword by Margaret Read MacDonald
Published Gabriola Island, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (257 pages)
Contents Stories 'r' us -- Youth on the edge -- Violence prevention and intervention -- Domestic violence prevention and intervention -- Substance abuse prevention and intervention -- Looking for a home -- Elder tales -- Preserving our culture and community -- Protecting our environment -- Community development -- Pass it on!
Summary The Healing Heart provides powerful examples of the use of stories and storytelling in encouraging resiliency, empathy, respect, and healing. These engaging books contain stories, and narratives about the use of the stories in activities with different populations (children, teens, those with disabilities, seniors, inmates, etc.) or which address specific social or community problems (addictions, poverty, violence, racism, environmental degra-dation, homelessness, abuse)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject Storytelling.
Tales.
Storytelling -- Social aspects
Socialization.
Narrative medicine.
Folklore.
Public welfare.
Health promotion.
Self-perception.
Narration
Socialization
Folklore
Social Welfare
Health Promotion
Self Concept
welfare services.
folklore (culture-related concept)
Self-perception
Public welfare
Narrative medicine
Health promotion
Folklore
Socialization
Storytelling
Storytelling -- Social aspects
Tales
Genre/Form Electronic books
Fiction
Fiction.
Romans.
Form Electronic book
Author Albert, David H
Cox, Allison M
ISBN 1550923137
9781550923131