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“We’ve all enjoyed sharing our stories – it really is powerful stuff.”

The Team

Nicola
Nicola

Katrina
Flo, Storysharing trainer
Flo

Nicola

I’m a retired teacher and speech and language therapist, with 40 years experience working in the field of learning disability. I specialise in storytelling, signing, and curriculum development, I founded the charity Openstorytellers, the first company of storytellers with learning disabilities in the UK.

With Flo and Katrina I developed the idea of Surviving through Story, to collect experiences from children with special needs, and adults with autism and learning disabilities. Our website went live in October 2020 and there are some wonderful stories there. https://www.survivingthroughstory.com

I’m a Fellow of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and an honorary lecturer at the Tizard Centre, University of Kent.

You can find out more about my work and publications at www.drnicolagrove.com.

A recorded interview about Surviving through Story can be heard HERE.

Katrina Arab

I am a class teacher at Three Ways School with children with profound and multiple learning difficulties. I am the lead for the Pre-formal communication, sensory stories and engagement. I have also worked with The Sensory Projects and have a published sensory story called Fire Alarm.

Storysharing® owes much to the work of Jane Harwood and the team at Openstorytellers, which is gratefully acknowledged.

Flo Hopwood

I trained as a Music Therapist, and now am a class teacher at Three Ways Special School working with students with a range of severe and moderate learning disabilities and autistic spectrum difficulties.

Storysharing® is essential for our students to find their ‘voice’ in a form that makes others LISTEN UP and understand, no matter what their communication difficulty. It really has been the most powerful and moving tool I have used during my teaching career so far.

To get a glimpse of Storysharing in action within a school setting check out this video…

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Surviving Through Story

1 week ago

Surviving Through Story

Check out the generous offer from Spectrum Community Arts to get you through another lockdown! Jade is one of our very own Storysharing Practitioners so she, of course, comes highly recommended! ... See MoreSee Less

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Surviving Through Story

1 week ago

Surviving Through Story

Exciting news ahead! We are running a series of 3 online training workshops each month starting this month on Thursday 21st January, 4:30-5:30pm. Our Personal Storysharing with Story Massage workshop will be co-run with Mary Atkinson of Story Massage Programme and Gill White of Pamis and costs £30 for professionals and free for parents and carers (message us here on Facebook or email nicolagrovesend@gmail.com for the discount code if applicable). Please follow the link to register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/personal-storysharing-with-story-massage-tickets-135703014369 ... See MoreSee Less

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Surviving Through Story

2 months ago

Surviving Through Story

We are so excited by this amazing offer from Story Massage Programme to bring in some festive cheer!Here's an early Christmas gift to everyone who uses the Story Massage Programme and knows the strokes. A FREE collection of 30 Christmas songs, rhymes and stories adapted for use with the Story Massage strokes. Suitable for all ages and abilities. Email mary@storymassage.co.uk for your copy (sent via email). Please let us know how and where you are using the programme. ... See MoreSee Less

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