Once Upon A Time

This practical and incredibly helpful guide contains a rich compendium of stories and drama - original, adapted, popular and made up by children - which explore how using storytelling and play in direct work with fostered or adopted children can help both parents/carers and their child to build attachment and improve their relationship. Direct work is an important and valuable part of helping traumatised children to deal with difficult early experiences. In particular, creative and story-based play can have a vital role in the healing process, promoting the child's understanding, encouraging greater engagement between child and worker, and providing a non-threatening way for the child to discuss what has happened to them, with the medium of fiction providing a distancing "safety net".