Rethinking Adolescence: Using Story to Navigate Life's Uncharted Years

By Jay D'Ambrosio and Jay D' Ambrosio

Book Overview

More than ever before, students need guidance and support from the adults in their lives. Here, author Jay D' Ambrosio suggests practical approaches for connecting with young people at the level of the heart through the utilization of myths, stories, movies, and songs. He contends that Story speaks to both students and adults on a spiritual dimension and will help adult readers better comprehend the condition of those challenges common to adolescence. Throughout each chapter, this book explores the wisdom necessary to face such trials that can be found in Homer's Odyssey and other great stories.

Rethinking Adolescence includes:
-Discussion topics and answers for use with adolescents
-Recommendations of movies and stories that are effective in dealing with various issues

This book should be useful to parents, teachers, youth workers, counselors, clergy, and mentors.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578864771
• ISBN13: 9781578864775
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: R & L Education
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

A refreshing perspective on adolescence

Read this book if you want to make a huge impact on the young people in your life! This important work is for parents, educators, mentors, youth pastors, social workers, counselors, and anyone else who works with kids. Young people today face a growing number of challenges to their healthy development. In this book Jay D'Ambrosio does an outstanding job of shedding light on those challenges, and he presents fresh and unique perspectives on how to address them through the use of story. Most books about adolescence cover the academic or physical development of kids, but with this book the author has addressed a huge area of child development that is often overlooked: the heart. Jay's ideas will change the way you connect with kids. As an educator and mentor, I refer back to this book frequently.