
Why Me?
A Programme for Children and Young People Who Have Experienced Victimization
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published on 15. August 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-84905-097-5 (ISBN)
Description
The experience of victimization often leaves a child or young person frightened, lacking in confidence, or emotionally vulnerable and they can turn to crime in response to being a victim. Coming to terms with what happened and understanding their feelings and reactions is therefore vital to a full recovery.
Why Me? is a programme designed to help children and young people recover from the experience of victimization, through use of exercises, activities and a DVD. These explore the young person's feelings both when they were victimized and afterwards, their needs, their personal strengths and encourage them to think about their support network. Activities include drawing, making graphs, writing letters, and thinking about how the children feel about what happened and their recovery. The book also includes guidance for adults working with young people and case examples that demonstrate how best to use the programme. The DVD contains real-life stories of young people who have been victimized and supports the exercises in the book.
Why Me? is an essential resource for any adult who may encounter a child or young person who has been victimized, including social workers, youth workers, teachers, police, education welfare officers and victim support and witness service workers.
Why Me? is a programme designed to help children and young people recover from the experience of victimization, through use of exercises, activities and a DVD. These explore the young person's feelings both when they were victimized and afterwards, their needs, their personal strengths and encourage them to think about their support network. Activities include drawing, making graphs, writing letters, and thinking about how the children feel about what happened and their recovery. The book also includes guidance for adults working with young people and case examples that demonstrate how best to use the programme. The DVD contains real-life stories of young people who have been victimized and supports the exercises in the book.
Why Me? is an essential resource for any adult who may encounter a child or young person who has been victimized, including social workers, youth workers, teachers, police, education welfare officers and victim support and witness service workers.
Reviews / Votes
It is clear that we need to do more to help children who have been victims of crime. This book will enable people to do exactly that - help people get started with some tried and tested advice and techniques to help young victims. -- Sara Payne, Victims' Champion This resource effectively promotes Protective Behaviours - an approach to personal safety and protection from abuse, crime and bullying - as a process which is life enhancing, giving people the strategies to keep themselves feeling safe. -- Maria Huffer, Service and Development Coordinator, Protective Behaviours UKMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 296 mm
Width: 213 mm
Thickness: 9 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84905-097-5 (9781849050975)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Shellie Keen manages a Family Intervention Project and was formerly Project Manager of the Oxfordshire Young Victims of Crime Project, UK. Tracey Lott is Volunteer Manager for Victim Support in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire. Pete Wallis is Senior Practitioner (Restorative Justice) for Oxfordshire Youth Offending Service UK and a founding member of the charity SAFE! Support for young people affected by crime. He has written and co-written several books on restorative justice and related topics for JKP. Pete Wallis is Senior Practitioner (Restorative Justice) for Oxfordshire Youth Offending Service UK and a founding member of the charity SAFE! Support for young people affected by crime. He has written and co-written several books on restorative justice and related topics for JKP.
Content
Acknowledgements. Preface. Part 1. Background. Part 2. Worksheets and exercises. Step 1. Getting to know me and what's happened. 1.1. Getting to know me questionnaire. 1.2. Getting to know me - the shield. 1.3. Telling it like it was. Step 2. Exploring feelings, thoughts and behaviours. 2.1. Early warning signs. 2.2. Feelings, thoughts and behaviour. 2.3. My feelings graph. 2.4. Crime can tear people apart...and putting back the pieces. 2.5. The Blob Tree. 2.6. Feelings thermometer. 2.7. Letter to the person that hurt me. 2.8. Strengths checklist. 2.9. Growing happy feelings. 2.10. My unwritten rules. Step 3. Moving On. 3.1. My personal support network. 3.2. Risking for a purpose. 3.3. My harmony tree. 3.4. A letter to myself. 3.5. Positive self-talk. 3.6. What has changed? 3.7. The dream catcher. 3.8. Safe place. Part 3. Further resources. Examples of the exercises in practice. Guidance and tools for using the DVD. Useful resources.