Introduction. The Disappointment Dragon. The Disappointment Dragon and Making the Team. The Disappointment Dragon and the Chicken Pox. The Disappointment Dragon and Goodbye Miss Robinson. How to Banish the Disappointment Dragon.
Teaching children to deal with disappointment and see things more positively
K. I. Al-Ghani is a special educational needs teacher who has worked for more than 35 years in the field of education. She is currently a specialist teacher for inclusion support and is involved with training professionals, students and parents in aspects of ASD. As an author and a mother of a son with ASD - the illustrator Haitham Al-Ghani - she has spent the last 25 years researching the enigma that is autism.
There are dozens of helpful suggestions for coping strategies at
the end of the book, including little poems or "mantras". While the
story is written by a specialist in Asperger syndrome and the
pictures are by her son who has AS, the stories would be good for
anyone who, perhaps, has a problem with dealing with
disappointment. Great for schools took and everyone will love the
dragons!
*Healthy Books*
The disappointment dragon is Kay Al-Ghani at her best. Through the
use of simple and powerful language Kay has crafted a guide for
modelling the power of resilience to our children. It isn't often
that you find a children's book that is as educational to the
parent as it is to the child.
*Brian R. King, clinical social worker, consultant on the autism
spectrum and author of Strategies for Building Successful
Relationships with People on the Autism Spectrum: Let's Relate*
This fun, easy-to-read and fully illustrated storybook will help
children who experience disappointment, and encourage them to use a
range of helpful strategies to manage disappointment. The stories
in this beautiful book will allow children to understand that
everyone experiences disappointment for a range of reasons, however
it is important to learn how to overcome it. Educators, parents and
carers will like the helpful information at the end of the book,
explaining disappointment in children, and the list of techniques
for children to try to banish the Disappointment Dragon. The
Disappointment Dragon will be a wonderful companion to Kay
Al-Ghani's previous two books The Red Beast and The
Panicosaurus.
*Sue Larkey, Autism Spectrum specialist, teacher and author of
Making it a Success, Practical Sensory Programmes and Practical
Mathematics for Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder and Other
Developmental Delays*
(...) colourful, heart-warming book... The stories within this book
show children they are not alone with these difficult feelings. We
read about the personal journey the fund characters take, leading
them to the dragon of hope and a better understanding of
disappointment.
*Wellbeing Mentor*
This is a great therapeutic story book which cleverly
conceptualizes the feeling of disappointment as a dragon... Written
by a Specialist Advisory Teacher for autism, with more than 35
years' experience in education... aimed at any child who may be
struggling to deal with their emotions when things don't always go
to plan, the visual concept would particularly appeal to children
with autism, helping them to understand the feeling of
disappointment. This book serves as an excellent discussion point
about coping strategies and "armour" that can help the children to
fight off the disappointment dragon... At the end of the story,
there are notes and discussion point with additional strategies to
try. I would definitely recommend this book to parents and teachers
(both special needs and mainstream) to read with their children and
to implement the strategies.
*AuKids magazine, Summer 2014*
This book is much more than a picture book for children...The
author's intention is to model for children how to manage complex
emotions such as disappointment... The book includes information
for adults and a list of techniques for children that teachers,
parents and professionals will find helpful.... The stories in the
book could be
used by parents and professionals as a tool to support children in
exploring their own experiences of disappointment and other
emotions. The colourful descriptive examples not only bring the
story alive, but give examples of when disappointment may arise so
children can then link back to their own experience.
*BAPT - Play Therapy*
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