Story Sharing
Everyone should be able to share their stories
“For everyone fighting for people’s rights to be equal citizens”. This book is unique- co-authored by people with learning disabilities, it describes lived experience of universal human rights enshrined in the UN Declaration. I was specially privileged to work with teenager Emily, her family and teachers to look at what citizenship means for her – now and in the future. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-5563-3
Professor Mark Solms’ theory of consciousness promises to revolutionise our ideas about the relationship between emotional and rational (cortical) consciousness. He argues that people with profound intellectual disabilities are emotionally conscious.. In our upcoming webinar run with PAMIS (https://pamis.org.uk) we will be debating how we can translate his ideas into practice. You can find a summary of his talk here https://storysharing.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Neuroscience-Narrative-PMLD-summary.pdf
Two speech and language therapists discuss his work in a 5 minute talk here..: Interview with Nicola and Charlotte. The Hidden Spring is available on Kindle for only £4.74:Kindle: The Hidden Spring. And listen to Mark talking about his life, work and music, here…https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010nwy
Look out for further events where we will be discussing the impact of these ideas on how services are delivered
You are the people who keep this venture alive with your ideas, challenges and expertise!
Lucy Cooke has just qualified as a Storysharing Tutor, submitting a really impressive portfolio to demonstrate how she leads training and implementation in her school. Lucy will be co-teaching a Creative Education webinar on gaining a voice through story with pupils who have profound learning difficulties. https/:www.creativeeducation.co.uk. Lucy will be posting some of her experiences on the site
Gill White is a parent, working as well with the PAMIS charity for children and adults with profound disabilities, in Dundee. Look at their website for fab resources and ideas…www.pamis.org.uk. Clare Cummings and Amy Meredith work at Three Ways School. Lucy O’Neill works at Wilson Stuart School. Rachel Barker from Dorothy Goodman School works with autistic youngsters and has been combining Storysharing with other relevant approaches – she will be writing about some of these ideas soon on this website. Thanks to all for contributing thoughts for the online course.
Our first online graduates were Ashleigh Paddon, Jess Meredith Wickes and Jade Cook. Ashleigh is a Speech and Language therapist who has a wonderful website at https://the-therapy-tree.com; Jess is well known to you all as one of the stars of Abbie’s hospital visit, and has been using Storysharing for some years; Jade Cook is the Director of Spectrum Community Arts (www.spectrumca.co.uk ).
