Story Telling is meant not only the children but also the Adults

While surfing the net trying to find a answer to Ding's question posted in Elgg, i found a site :- Marine Wildlife Foundation, managed by Mark S. Konecky, Ph.D, a licensed Psychologist. Mr Mark, used "Therapeutics Story Telling Intervention, as an enrichment program for children and adult.

The JoJo Dolphin Enrichment Project:
Therapeutic Story Telling Intervention Proposal

Goals:

To provide an enrichment-oriented educational experience that enables children and adults to gain a sense of self-agency or empowerment by identifying with the portrayal of reciprocal helping behavior and attachment in a loving relationship between a dolphin and a human being.

To help children and adults understand that injuries (physical, spiritual, and emotional) can heal with proper care, instilling a sense of hopefulness for the future.

To present children and adults with
1) a basic outline of important environmental concepts such as the basic biology and physiology of dolphins and humans;
2) the idea of a “web” of life in which all animals and people are interdependent and connected;
3) the concepts of conservation and preservation while maintaining focus on humans and their culture; and
4) the notion of consciousness and emotion in animals and humans.

Facilitators will use lecture and a therapeutic story telling intervention to accomplish these goals. Participants will be presented with an oral story depicting the relationship between Dean Bernal and his dolphin friend JoJo as well as view the story of Dean and JoJo’s relationship as portrayed in a DVD produced by The JoJo Dolphin Project.

Their mission:
Their mission is to preserve, protect, and understand Marine Mammals and their habitats by enhancing our knowledge through exploration, research & education, and documentary filmmaking. And this desire to preserve and protect such wildlife, and indeed all marine wildlife, has fueled our mission to forge a connection between these creatures and the human species who hold the future in their hands.

http://www.marinewildlife.org/images/gallery/covers/jojo.jpg

http://www.marinewildlife.org/images/gallery/covers/whales.jpg

I found the site to be very informative and rather glad to know that somewhere out there, they are actually people go out of the way, to help to preserve and heal the environment and the vulnerable creatures.

The Link: http://www.marinewildlife.org/jojoProject.php