Reflection – Storytelling

Challenges and Selection:

Storytelling is a great tool that I and everyone use most of the time. I work, developmentally  disabled individuals, senior citizens, and poor people. Many of these people deal with oppression in  every aspect of their lives, they need to be empowered and inspiration is a path to empowerment  and success. We believe that the collaborative process of storytelling has enabled us to critically  unravel implicit and tacit beliefs and actions associated with developing curriculum and teaching. I  use their feedback with the context of my story to ascertain goals, and sometimes we use stories to  better understand their interests and thought processes. I use this information in a positive way  which can help the individual to find a way and help them out to the best way possible and  developing strategies to find in a best way possible solution.

Application:

I would love to tell the story using storytelling. While discussing some changes with the social service  (NGO), I was trying to explain some psychological aspect of knowing the person well that is clint  focused approach, with certain other thins as well. The NGO was In the grip of “compliance in  culture” and client and the owner it self was under no-empathetic structure. I tried to explain the  sometimes approaching to the thoughts of the other person and talking to them can make them feel  special and light and can impact everyone for the better, even if it seems tough. Telling one of my  experience was, when I ran an emergency shelter after the natural disaster happened there I meet a  lady sitting alone in the corner without any word to any of them around, rest every one of doing well  except her. I could tell she need someone to hear her inside thoughts so, I made a cup of coffee and  sat beside her to tell her open up with be and share things which are making her annoyed and  emotional and week. I turned out that her mother, who was with her, had survived a brain aneurysm  and she was terrified that she would fall or that some other crisis would befall her during this  disaster while in the shelter.

Insight and approach:

well this was a good conversation. Her mother was very calm and going really well for herself and  her family. Now it was my turn to tell my story which will make her more comfortable and help more  to open up for comfort. I told her how scary it was when my uncle was suffering from leukemia and  how difficult and scary was it to take him to the hospital and told whole of my story to her about  how he recovered and now after 10 years of struggle he doing well. This worked really well. She  really needed individual attention for that brief time, and she ended up with that and a true support.  She calmed down, her mother, who had become worried about her, calmed down, and everyone  around them calmed down. Peace reigned again in our little shelter.

So, I told this story to the NGO and I think it had a big impact on people there. The policies are being  revaluated and the caseworkers are going through new training. Sometimes a little story can do a lot  of good.

This course made me see this as a tool in a new way though I have a design background, I had no  idea this would ever be considered as an asset, but I am so very grateful that it is to me.


Reflection – Storytelling Challenges and Selection : Storytelling is a great tool that I and everyone use most of the time . I work , developmentally disabled individuals , senior citizens , and poor people . Many of these people deal with oppression in every aspect of their lives , they need to be empowered and inspiration is a path to empowerment and success . We believe that the collaborative process of storytelling has enabled us to critically unravel implicit and tacit beliefs and actions associated with developing curriculum and teaching . I use their feedback with the context of my story to ascertain goals , and sometimes we use stories to better understand their interests and thought processes . I use this information in a positive way which can help the individual to find a way and help them out to the best way possible and developing strategies to find in a best way possible solution . Application : I would love to tell the story using storytelling . While discussing some changes with the social service ( NGO ) , I was trying to explain some psychological aspect of knowing the person well that is clint focused approach , with certain other thins as well . The NGO was In the grip of “ compliance in culture ” and client and the owner it self was under no - empathetic structure . I tried to explain the sometimes approaching to the thoughts of the other person and talking to them can make them feel special and light and can impact everyone for the better , even if it seems tough . Telling one of my experience was , when I ran an emergency shelter after the natural disaster happened there I meet a lady sitting alone in the corner without any word to any of them around , rest every one of doing well except her . I could tell she need someone to hear her inside thoughts so , I made a cup of coffee and sat beside her to tell her open up with be and share things which are making her annoyed and emotional and week . I turned out that her mother , who was with her , had survived a brain aneurysm and she was terrified that she would fall or that some other crisis would befall her during this disaster while in the shelter . Insight and approach : well this was a good conversation . Her mother was very calm and going really well for herself and her family . Now it was my turn to tell my story which will make her more comfortable and help more to open up for comfort . I told her how scary it was when my uncle was suffering from leukemia and how difficult and scary was it to take him to the hospital and told whole of my story to her about how he recovered and now after 10 years of struggle he doing well . This worked really well . She really needed individual attention for that brief time , and she ended up with that and a true support . She calmed down , her mother , who had become worried about her , calmed down , and everyone around them calmed down . Peace reigned again in our little shelter . So , I told this story to the NGO and I think it had a big impact on people there . The policies are being revaluated and the caseworkers are going through new training . Sometimes a little story can do a lot of good . This course made me see this as a tool in a new way though I have a design background , I had no idea this would ever be considered as an asset , but I am so very grateful that it is to me .