Thank You Alison,
I would be very interested in the work Ms Boutellier
has done and is doing. For that matter, I would love
to hear about any other hands on classroom experiences
with young children.
Lyn
--- Alison Rose Levy <LevyAR@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Lyn:
It sounds like you are doing great work.
I am forwarding your email to Annelies Boutellier, a
Netherlands based
constellator, who has worked in the school system
for many years, and even
written a recent book (in Dutch) for teachers.
I¹m not sure if she is currently reading
Constellation talk but I am sure
she would interested in what you are doing, and
there is much you both could
share.
Best,
Alison
On 2/9/08 1:57 PM, lyn fishback at
lynfishback@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
school setting for
Hello,
I have been a teacher in an inner city public
many years. Three years ago I began attendingconstellations
conducted by Dr. Andy Stuck in Columbus Ohio. Itimmediately became
apparent that many of the young children in mycare were bringing to
school with them a great deal of hurt and need.training program
After many discussions I decided to take the
offered last year. Since then it has been my hopeand plan that I
can integrate into my classroom many of the idealsinherent in
systemic solutions. Given the conditions ofteaching in a public
school system and respecting those conditions, Ihave chosen to
introduce concepts of orders in our everydayinteractions.
constellations, however the
I understand that these are not classic
young age of the children, 7-8 years, and theprivacy concerns it
has been necessary for me to do what I can giventhe circumstances.
into the classroom,
In a nutshell, these have been our experiences.
- A great effort was made to bring the families
and keep them present throughout the year. Thiswas done by having
the parents send in family photos. These werefirst shared then
displayed under a clear plastic desk cover. Thedesk served as a
general supply center for the students. A populararea.
commonplace. I talk with
- The language of the orders has become
them about time and space, give and take, aboutbelonging and
conscience.cadence to move
- I have used the idea of helping statements and
through some difficult classroom conflicts. Thisis very well
received and has allowed me to offer a solutionwith mutual respect.
wants and what
- I have had the children learn to express their
their lives would be like were things to change.We do this through
writing and sharing if they choose.them understand their
- We have used analogies and metaphors to help
respective place in a huge family system, and thattheir place will
always be theirs.of the family
There have been many more successful applications
systems work within my classroom. Again, noformal constellations
have been attempted, however any teacher knows hownecessary it is
to prepare the children and the environment forsomething as new and
foreign as this. It is my plan to continue movingtoward
implementing these orders in whatever way possibleto benefit these
children and ultimately their families.
Thank you all for your thoughts. Lyn
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