The Imagine Project: Empowering Kids to Rise Above Drama, Trauma, and Stress - Softcover

Maroney, Dianne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0988995115 ISBN 13: 9780988995116

Publisher: Yampa Valley Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

The Imagine Project is a How-to guide that helps parents, teachers, and counselors support kids who are dealing drama, trauma, and stress. Beyond the explanations about emotional wellness, how stress affects a child, and the impact of trauma on a child, there are thorough instructions about how to use the powerful, yet simple 7-step expressive writing tool (The Imagine Project Journal) that helps kids overcome difficult life circumstances. It also offers a broad range of other supportive tools including those that are body, mind, spirit focused such as mindfulness and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). Every chapter has a Tips for Teachers section for quick implementation references for busy teachers. The book includes inspiring stories from kids of all ages, teachers, and parents. The Imagine Project will encourage kids to honor their resilience, imagine a brighter future, and identify the steps they can take to reach their goals. Most of all, they realize they have the power to write their own story in life! Whether you’re a concerned parent, teacher, counselor, or youth leader, you’ll find information and strategies that will help you offer effective and compassionate support for children who are struggling. This book is aligned with the whole-brain approaches similar to Dr. Dan Siegel’s No-Drama Discipline. The Imagine Project will help your classroom and schools become Trauma Sensitive to those who need it, and give children the voice they need to create positive change in their lives.

About this title

About the Author

Dianne Maroney is a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. She is a thought leader in the area of stress and trauma in children, and founded The Imagine Project, Inc., a nonprofit organization that helps kids, teens, and adults overcome challenging life circumstances through expressive writing. Dianne developed a simple yet profound 7-step writing tool, now used by schools across the United States. It works by giving kids and teens the opportunity to write about their deepest personal difficulties, Imagine new possibilities, and amend their stories with brighter, more confident projections into the future. 

  

Dianne is the author of the multi-award winning book The Imagine Project: Stories of Courage, Hope and Love (Yampa Valley Publishing, 2013). She also wrote Byron the Caterpillar Who Loved to Imagine (Yampa Valley Publishing, 2017) and Your Premature Baby and Child (Berkley, 1999). She lives outside of Denver with her husband and has 3 grown children.

From the Back Cover

The Imagine Project is a treasury of information and supportfor anyone who is raising or working with children or teens. With it, you can

· understand the long and short-term effects ofstress and trauma on children's emotional, behavioral, and physical health;
· discover a variety of effective strategies tohelp kids grow, strive for emotional wellness, and become their best selves;
· learn how to use expressive writing with My Imagine Journal™ to help children andteens tap into their resilience and seek brighter futures;
· find support for teachers and administrators tocreate Trauma Sensitive Schools; and
· feel inspired by powerful Imagine... stories written by kids, teens, teachers, and parents.

"The Imagine Project is a practical, effectiveand profound tool which, when implemented, sets us up to release our past as alimitation, rewrite our present as a possibility, and claim a future filledwith potential."

--Peter Hughes, Teacher, Facilitator,Stage Director

From the Inside Flap

"Dianne has created a greattool for parents, teachers, and youth-serving staff of community-basedorganizations. Parents and practitioners will learn practical tips and tools tohelp their kids cope with stress and trauma, build resiliency, and bringpositive change into their lives."

--Judy Saylor, Director of Program Growthand Innovation, Take Stock in Children, Inc.
"There is a tremendous need for stress and trauma supportwith proactive strategies for social-emotional support and tools for students,teachers and families. Dianne has provided a valuable resource with a simpleformat that supports students with stress and trauma to be more successful andis naturally blended with literacy processes that can be incorporated at homeand in the classroom to give teachers and parents a proactive tool kit."

--Corey Wise, Executive Director of Schools, Douglas County Schools

"This book is exceptional at giving you concise, relevant, andinsightful information with immediate ways to help your vulnerable child"

--Barb Haines, Pediatric Nurse

Edition details

• Publisher: Yampa Valley Publishing
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0988995115
• ISBN 13: 9780988995116
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 252