Every child is born with innate wisdom; the role of adults -
parents, educators, social workers and policy makers - is to
nurture this wisdom and enable it to flourish. This is the belief
that underpins this extraordinary book. Barbara and Heather
Williams have drawn on the work of Carl Rogers, Virginia Axline and
other leading person-centered theorists and educationalists to
devise unique ways to foster the innate wisdom of children.
'Children have the ability to trust, to express themselves in a
clear, straight way, to be empathetic and open to differences in
themselves and other cultures and to accept other people and
themselves for who they are and not for what they do or do not do.
When a child can recognize and express these qualities it helps
them to be insightful, to have high self-confidence, to be creative
and to be resilient. When the wisdom of children is not recognized
and they cannot express person-centered qualities, their
self-confidence goes down, they lose trust, they are fearful and
they often either give up or rebel.The educational and medical
systems are quick to diagnose them with ADHD, bipolar disorder and
other labels and quick to medicate them, when much of this
medication could be avoided,' they write. The book is in four main
parts.It starts with the founding of DeSillio School, in Fort
Collins, Colorado, and tells how teachers, parents and the
community worked together to support the wisdom of children and
help them to learn in creative ways through using and bringing out
their person-centred qualities.It goes on to discuss play therapy,
and the use of the person-centered approach with children from age
two through adolescence, drawing on case examples, experiences and
quotes from children. The third section discusses Native American
Indian philosophy and how it informs the Williams' work in
education and the workshops they run world-wide with children. Part
four focuses on these Kids Workshops and the training programs
Barbara and Heather have created to help children recognize and
express their wisdom, be resilient, keep their creativity and
appreciate nature. The book ends with a series of 'what if?'
questions: what if politicians, educationalists, economists,
parents, teachers, therapists, foster care and children's centers
could all recognize the wisdom of children?How could it change the
world? Immeasurably, if we allow Barbara and Heather's experience
to guide us.
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