FRAMES- 12 Fabulous ways of talking with young people
A ‘Frame’ is just what it sounds like. It’s something that contains or puts a border around what you are looking at; so you can see more clearly what’s inside, or in this case, what you might want to talk about.
Each of the 12 ‘Frames’ in this book gives you a way to have a meaningful conversation with a young person in an unusual way, balancing fun with challenge, the light-hearted with the more serious. They give you a creative and engaging way of finding out together just how a young person is and what is happening in their life.
‘Frames’ and this book are for anyone who talks with young people; parents, teachers, youth workers, counsellors, social workers, pastoral care folk; or other young people themselves. And the ‘young people’ you talk with might be 10, 15 or 25 years old. They just need to be old enough to chat.
And you will find that the last of the 12 Frames is tips and ideas about how you can create your own together. Frames really are fabulous.
FRAMES- 12 Fabulous ways of talking with young people. These links take you straight to the SHOP on Peter Slattery’s site.
Testimonials
It’s true – ‘Frames’ is fabulous. In this comprehensive, practical guide, one-of-a-kind Peter Slattery skilfully invites us into thought-provoking and sometimes quirky conversations with young people. The insightful formulation of diverse and important topic areas into ‘frames’ is enlightening in itself, with respectful enquiry gently pushing towards the essence of a young person’s experiences and perspectives. We are encouraged throughout to be mindful of how the exchange is going and, before concluding, to always ‘make sure they are OK’. If you are ‘anyone who talks with young people’, I highly recommend ‘Frames’.
Clinical Professor David Bennett AO
Senior Staff Specialist in Adolescent Medicine,
Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network.
I’ve been using the book for more than a year and…I’ve found specifically Body Mind Heart and Spirit to be very helpful and I love Believe, Value, Act…Frames are just so easy to apply with not just young people but I’ve actually used it with adults as well. I’ve found it to be so effective and I want to thank you Pete…it’s a really natural tool that I enjoy using and I’m really looking forward to getting to know the rest of it.
Marissa Borromeo
Adolescent Counsellor
THOUGHTPICS (Audio-visual Groupwork resource )
THOUGHTPICS is a resource you can use in groups to quickly engage people’s hearts and minds with a topic. In each of the five THOUGHTPICS you will see powerful images set to music, which unfold quickly or slowly depending on the topic, catching people’s attention and setting the scene for more personal explorations of the topic. Each THOUGHTPICS also comes complete with 20+ pages of activities, questions and worksheets, and with a special section for schools.
What’s included with each THOUGHTPICS?
A high resolution MP4 video file from 1 to 5 minutes long + PDF written material
Some THOUGHTPICS give you the same images in 2 or 3 different length versions…so you have multiple options for your groups
A series of activities, discussion questions and worksheets
Suggestions on how to use the resource
Suggestions on how to use the resource specifically in schools
A section written especially for schools
Conversations with young people (Video)
Conversations with Young People training video
These videos take you into the real lives of young people; unscripted, immediate and genuine, from more formally sitting in a counselling room, to the casualness of the street together with the sounds of the wind and passing traffic.
If you find yourself trying to help a young person sort out a problem, manage a feeling, or just work out their next step in life, this video is intended for you. You may be a counsellor, a youth worker, a sports coach or simply someone who finds yourself in the role of ‘the accidental counsellor’. The videos offer you clear ideas on:
– what to ask questions about
– what questions to ask
– different ways of asking these questions. And importantly…
– what to do if you hear something that you find disturbing or worrying.
By Peter Slattery (Facilitator at GWS)
Peter has worked with individuals, families and communities for over 30 years. He lives in Sydney but works throughout Australia as well as Asia, Europe and North America. He has written 'Youth works’, produced the training DVD 'Conversations with young people', the group work resource ‘THOUGHTPICS’ was a contributing author to ‘Groupwork in Australia’ and his most recent book is: FRAMES: 12 Fabulous Ways of Talking with Young People . He strives constantly to find or develop new, exciting and ever more useful ways of helping people explore what troubles or inspires them. In this quest, he calls on anything that might be helpful; physical movement, theatre, storytelling, drawing, what might be called ‘humour’ and really, anything at all that might add something to this process. Peter says "what a totally challenging joy all of this is"!