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Jan Trabue is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 30 years experience. She is the author of The Outlook Book and co-author of ParentLeaders and KidLeaders. She is a wildlife photographer who especially enjoys photographing a wild white squirrel that frequents her backyard.
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Kaboom!
by Jan Trabue

Overview

Kaboom is intended for young children who are dealing with imaginary fears at bedtime. It is designed to be read to children by an adult who can integrate self-evaluation questions inspired by the book. For example, the reader may ask, 1. What might you say to your fear? 2. When your fear goes kaboom what would I see you do or hear you say? 3. What are some ways you can make friends with your fear? 4. What happens when you don't battle your imaginary fear? The purposes of this book are: 1. to provide children with proactive strategies they can implement when they feel afraid at bedtime. 2. to improve or protect the emotional environment in the home as sometimes the parent child relationship can be strained during such challenging times.
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Description

Kaboom is intended as an educational tool to teach children to identify imaginary fears and become aware of steps they can take to eliminate them or reduce their impact on their mental health. It is ideal for children ages 3-10, who have disruptive nights sleeping at bedtime because they are overwhelmed by fears that are imaginary. Although Kaboom targets imaginary fears, the same concepts and strategies can be applied to fears that are not imaginary. Kaboom promotes positive and practical ways for children to resolve their own problem and thus develop confidence in one's capabilities. The book is illustrated with entertaining and humorous images of a wild squirrel, named MartyLou, photographed by the author. The wild squirrel featured in Kaboom is an Eastern gray squirrel but has a genetic aberration causing the coat to be white. He was found as a baby on the ground with no signs of his mother attempting to take care of him within a span of time. He was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator who took care of him through the winter months and until he was old enough to be released back into the wild. Once released, he took up residence in my backyard. I began feeding him nuts and noticed that I was able to direct him with nuts to a spot where I could take pictures of him. By setting up an area ahead of time I was able to take pictures of him appearing to do human things. While it may appear that MartyLou is tame, remember, he is wild. He could injure me with his razor-sharp teeth if I attempted to touch him. It is unsafe to ever attempt to touch a wild animal. People sometimes ask me if these images are the result of some sort of trick photography. They are not, nor are they composite images, (meaning they are not combinations of two or more separate photos to give the appearance that MartyLou is interacting with objects). MartyLou really is doing what the pictures show! However, in some cases, for example, when there is an object MartyLou is holding, that object may be suspended by a thin wire. When processing the images, I remove the wire from the image so it isn't shown.
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Overview

Kaboom is intended for young children who are dealing with imaginary fears at bedtime. It is designed to be read to children by an adult who can integrate self-evaluation questions inspired by the book. For example, the reader may ask, 1. What might you say to your fear? 2. When your fear goes kaboom what would I see you do or hear you say? 3. What are some ways you can make friends with your fear? 4. What happens when you don't battle your imaginary fear? The purposes of this book are: 1. to provide children with proactive strategies they can implement when they feel afraid at bedtime. 2. to improve or protect the emotional environment in the home as sometimes the parent child relationship can be strained during such challenging times.

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Description

Kaboom is intended as an educational tool to teach children to identify imaginary fears and become aware of steps they can take to eliminate them or reduce their impact on their mental health. It is ideal for children ages 3-10, who have disruptive nights sleeping at bedtime because they are overwhelmed by fears that are imaginary. Although Kaboom targets imaginary fears, the same concepts and strategies can be applied to fears that are not imaginary. Kaboom promotes positive and practical ways for children to resolve their own problem and thus develop confidence in one's capabilities. The book is illustrated with entertaining and humorous images of a wild squirrel, named MartyLou, photographed by the author. The wild squirrel featured in Kaboom is an Eastern gray squirrel but has a genetic aberration causing the coat to be white. He was found as a baby on the ground with no signs of his mother attempting to take care of him within a span of time. He was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator who took care of him through the winter months and until he was old enough to be released back into the wild. Once released, he took up residence in my backyard. I began feeding him nuts and noticed that I was able to direct him with nuts to a spot where I could take pictures of him. By setting up an area ahead of time I was able to take pictures of him appearing to do human things. While it may appear that MartyLou is tame, remember, he is wild. He could injure me with his razor-sharp teeth if I attempted to touch him. It is unsafe to ever attempt to touch a wild animal. People sometimes ask me if these images are the result of some sort of trick photography. They are not, nor are they composite images, (meaning they are not combinations of two or more separate photos to give the appearance that MartyLou is interacting with objects). MartyLou really is doing what the pictures show! However, in some cases, for example, when there is an object MartyLou is holding, that object may be suspended by a thin wire. When processing the images, I remove the wire from the image so it isn't shown.

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Book details

Genre:EDUCATION

Subgenre:Counseling / General

Language:English

Pages:52

Paperback ISBN:9781667848716

Overview

Kaboom is intended for young children who are dealing with imaginary fears at bedtime. It is designed to be read to children by an adult who can integrate self-evaluation questions inspired by the book. For example, the reader may ask, 1. What might you say to your fear? 2. When your fear goes kaboom what would I see you do or hear you say? 3. What are some ways you can make friends with your fear? 4. What happens when you don't battle your imaginary fear? The purposes of this book are: 1. to provide children with proactive strategies they can implement when they feel afraid at bedtime. 2. to improve or protect the emotional environment in the home as sometimes the parent child relationship can be strained during such challenging times.

Read more

Description

Kaboom is intended as an educational tool to teach children to identify imaginary fears and become aware of steps they can take to eliminate them or reduce their impact on their mental health. It is ideal for children ages 3-10, who have disruptive nights sleeping at bedtime because they are overwhelmed by fears that are imaginary. Although Kaboom targets imaginary fears, the same concepts and strategies can be applied to fears that are not imaginary. Kaboom promotes positive and practical ways for children to resolve their own problem and thus develop confidence in one's capabilities. The book is illustrated with entertaining and humorous images of a wild squirrel, named MartyLou, photographed by the author. The wild squirrel featured in Kaboom is an Eastern gray squirrel but has a genetic aberration causing the coat to be white. He was found as a baby on the ground with no signs of his mother attempting to take care of him within a span of time. He was taken to a wildlife rehabilitator who took care of him through the winter months and until he was old enough to be released back into the wild. Once released, he took up residence in my backyard. I began feeding him nuts and noticed that I was able to direct him with nuts to a spot where I could take pictures of him. By setting up an area ahead of time I was able to take pictures of him appearing to do human things. While it may appear that MartyLou is tame, remember, he is wild. He could injure me with his razor-sharp teeth if I attempted to touch him. It is unsafe to ever attempt to touch a wild animal. People sometimes ask me if these images are the result of some sort of trick photography. They are not, nor are they composite images, (meaning they are not combinations of two or more separate photos to give the appearance that MartyLou is interacting with objects). MartyLou really is doing what the pictures show! However, in some cases, for example, when there is an object MartyLou is holding, that object may be suspended by a thin wire. When processing the images, I remove the wire from the image so it isn't shown.

Read more

About the author

Jan Trabue is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with over 30 years experience. She is the author of The Outlook Book and co-author of ParentLeaders and KidLeaders. She is a wildlife photographer who especially enjoys photographing a wild white squirrel that frequents her backyard.

Read more