Writing with at-Risk Youth

Richard Gold

doi:10.5771/9781475802856

Summary

This book describes a specific program for teaching and mentoring expressive writing by at-risk youth—a program that can generate transformative change in the teens, and generate significant new satisfactions for you. When young people write personally and creatively, it helps them to overcome challenges in their lives. They feel better, think more clearly, are more self-confident, and are better able to relate to others, including their helpers. This personal creative process is enriching and enlivening for everyone. It brings emotional clarity and meaning to everyone. It brings closeness, in addition to learning and growth.Welcome to the Pongo Teen Writing Method.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2014
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4758-0283-2
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4758-0285-6
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 168
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Series Overview: About the It’s Easy to W.R.I.T.E. Expressive Writing Series No access
3. Foreword No access
4. Preface No access
Chapter 1. Childhood Trauma and the Benefits of Writing No access Pages 1 - 14
Chapter 2. Pongo, Openness, and a Unique Joy No access Pages 15 - 28
Chapter 3. The Special Role of the Writing Mentor No access Pages 29 - 38
Chapter 4. Poetry as the Expressive Medium No access Pages 39 - 48
Chapter 5. The Pongo Approach to Teaching Poetry No access Pages 49 - 64
Chapter 6. A Model Pongo Writing Project No access Pages 65 - 70
Chapter 7. Keeping Everyone Safe No access Pages 71 - 78
Chapter 8. Introducing Poetry to Youth No access Pages 79 - 86
Chapter 9. Overview of the One-on-One Process No access Pages 87 - 94
Chapter 10. Taking Dictation No access Pages 95 - 106
Chapter 11. Improvising Poetic Structures No access Pages 107 - 118
Chapter 12. Using Fill-in-the-Blank Activities No access Pages 119 - 126
Chapter 13. Overview of the Group Process No access Pages 127 - 142
Chapter 14. The Challenges of Group Process No access Pages 143 - 150
Chapter 15. Publishing Teen Poetry No access Pages 151 - 160
Epilogue: Next Steps No access Pages 161 - 164
References No access Pages 165 - 166
About the Author No access Pages 167 - 168