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Life stories

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Life stories
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This free course, Life stories, looks at the way in which objects, trends, cultures or disabilities may contribute to a person's identity, and the contribution that our own life stories make to who we are, and how remembering and revisiting our past may help us to move forward with our lives.

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After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • outline how encouraging people to talk about the past can be a way of helping them to manage change in their lives and establish identity in the present
  • demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles in life story work which could apply at any age or stage of life
  • appreciate that life story work is as much about dealing with the present and preparing for the future as it is sorting out feelings about the past.

First Published: 10/08/2012

Updated: 10/02/2016

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