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gozerbrown
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Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 228
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 12:46 pm: | 
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This is a real stab in the dark, but is anyone familiar with the use of a "talking stick" in a classroom or small group? I'm trying to find out what the formal name of this technique is called (if there is a formal definition for it).
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algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1322
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 12:54 pm: |
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http://www.vision-nest.com/btbc/kgarden/tscircle.shtml
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C Bataille
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Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 1578
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 1:13 pm: |
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algebra2, good research.
In some younger classrooms a stuffed animal serves as the "object". The person holding it may speak while the others listen. Makes sense to me that it comes from Native American traditions.
A special ed teacher I work with told me recently that after a particularly difficult/traumatic classroom incident she had the kids sit on the carpet in her reading area and they each got a turn to hold the stuffie and talk about what they were feeling. Some children cried as they spoke of being afraid that they would get hurt. She felt it helped all of them (herself, too, I think) express their anxiety in a safe way. She was uncertain that this had been the best intervention (she's newly/emergency certified for special ed) but I thought her instincts were very much on target
Cathy |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1323
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 3:20 pm: |
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Last night Miss Match, yes -- I watched the dumb show , did this with a rock when counseling a separated couple. |
C Bataille
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Username: Nakaille
Post Number: 1579
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 5:06 pm: |
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I would hesitate to put a rock in the hands of either member of a couple considering divorce. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 1324
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 5:33 pm: |
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You're right, that was probably risky. Might even be risky putting it in the hands of a couple not considering divorce. Then again, I could probably hit my sweet husband with a stick just as easily as with a rock. |
cody
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Username: Cody
Post Number: 393
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 6:14 pm: |
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We use a stuffed beanbag toy to pass around the circle when using this technique. It' soft, non-threatening and seems to have a calming effect on the children. |
gozerbrown
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Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 229
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, October 18, 2003 - 7:55 pm: |
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Yep...that's what we're thinking of doing (as part of my MSW training, I am running a group for classified kids who are about the equal of fifth grade). We definitely can't give them a stick; they're kind of violent.
I'm going to be writing a paper about how successful the talking stick concept is with these kids, however I've been unable to find any real "credible" research. Lots of it is kind of New Age-y. Nothing comes up in our library databases have info on this as an educational intervention. Just thought there was a formal term for it. |
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