About the book. Leaders' Notes. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION ONE. Story 1. Joshua's Birthday Present. Story 2. Not so sweet revenge. Story3. Goodbye Shaun. Story 4. Extortion! Story 5. 'Atch out! Story 6. Science Test! Story 7. Hoi Ping's unhappy. Story 8. It happened one day. Story 9. Preeti's lost bracelet. Story 10. Just one last game. Story 11. A better class of people. Story 12. Slag! INTRODUCTION TO SECTION TWO. Story 13. We were only playing. Story 14. Chicken! Story 15. Honesty policy. Story 16. Painful puberty. Story 17. Nightmare. Story 18. I fell down the stairs. Story 19. I don't remember. Story 20. Joyrider. Story 21. I never have any nice clothes. Story 22. Shoplifter. Story 23. My Mum's not well. Story 24. I'm a person too. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION THREE. Story 25. No thanks, I'm not hungry. Story 26. I'm so tired. Story 27. Hands off! Story 28. He was my boyfriend! Story 29. SIDA Story 30. AD. Story 31. The party. Story 32. Tina's Decision. Story 33. No!! Story 34. To lead baggy? Story 35. Perspective. INTRODUCTION TO SECTION FOUR. Story 36. Next time? Story 37. Escape! Story 38. Marriage. Story 39. Trudy's baby. Story 40. The last straw. Appendix. Index.
Marianna Csoti taught in the London Borough of Brent before becoming a houseparent at an international sixth form college located in Glamorgan where she is responsible for the pastoral care of students aged 16-20. She is the author of Social Awareness Skills for Children and People Skills for Young Adults, published by Jessica Kingsley, and Assertiveness for Young Adults.
The stories are short and cover many relevant topics for young
people, and the leader sheets do provide a good guide to the
discussion and, in some cases, provide the leader with helpful
facts; for example, the physical effects of solvent abuse. One of
the strengths from a practitioner's point of view is the practical
nature of the book and the wide range of issues that it tackles. It
provides helpful information for the leader should questions in
need of a factual answer arise, and also considers the many
responses that young people bring to a discussion.
*Educational Psychology in Practice*
This book consists of 40 discussion stories for young people to
help them challenge prejudice, stereotyping and judgemental
behaviour. The index of subjects goes from Abortion through
Depression and Panic Attacks to Video-nasties.
*The Teacher Trainer*
One of the greatest problems parents or those that work with
youngsters face is the ability to contend with societal and moral
issues without appearing to lecture. Marianna Csoti's, Contentious
Issues offers a sturdy platform from which to begin. The book
cleverly introduces fictional but true-to-life events that deal
with topics such as ethnicity, racism, sexism and stereotypes.
Marianna Costi's book is effective. It is effective because it
doesn't judge and we can reach a young adult without criticism and
without imposing our views. Too often we dictate, too often we
decide the viewpoints for our children and too often we force
morality on them without explaining why. Again, this book is
effective. Why? Because it gives young adults the greatest gift of
all - it allows them their own point of view.
*Metapsychology*
This book is culturally sensitive and morally unprejudiced. It will
be an invaluable resource for teachers, group leaders and parents,
and will help young people to approach problems and consider
options more thoughtfully and to seek help in the right places.
*Community Care*
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