{"id":3340,"date":"2021-08-09T18:58:29","date_gmt":"2021-08-09T18:58:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/?p=3340"},"modified":"2025-02-13T12:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T17:13:40","slug":"when-coursework-is-a-story-that-teaches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/2021\/08\/09\/when-coursework-is-a-story-that-teaches\/","title":{"rendered":"When Coursework is a Story That Teaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{padding-right:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);padding-left:var(--global-kb-spacing-lg, 3rem);}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 991px){.kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column3340_8314fb-4b dynamic-main-col\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Devonnae Grasty, a student in WilmU\u2019s Doctor of Social Science in Prevention Science program, has published a children\u2019s book that she wrote as part of her coursework.<\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.kb-image3340_37394b-65 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image3340_37394b-65\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.test.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Social-art-360x480-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-16205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Social-art-360x480-1.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Social-art-360x480-1-188x250.jpeg 188w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy Daddy and Me: Bella and Her Family Journey to Resiliency\u201d tells the story of how a parent\u2019s substance abuse impacts a child, and how awareness of this disease can positively shape family members\u2019 responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Grasty wrote the book with the aim of helping children aged 8 to 12 years old develop resiliency in the face of family adversity. It\u2019s drawn from her own life experiences. \u201cMy father and the environment I grew up in inspired me,\u201d she said. \u201cThe book is about me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book, which is available through&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/My-Daddy-Me-Journey-Resiliency\/dp\/B095JVM7ML\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=Daddy+and+Me+Bella%27s&amp;qid=1626704326&amp;sr=8-2\">Amazon<\/a>, is illustrated with colorful, expressive Bitmojis, or personalized emojis. It also includes discussion questions and exercises designed to help children and facilitators find healthy ways to process their emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Explore&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wilmu.edu\/behavioralscience\/dss.aspx\">WilmU\u2019s Doctor of Social Science in Prevention Science<\/a>&nbsp;program here.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devonnae Grasty, a student in WilmU\u2019s Doctor of Social Science in Prevention Science program, has published a children\u2019s book that she wrote as part of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[90],"class_list":["post-3340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":2,"label":"ACADEMIC NEWS"}],"post_tag":[{"value":90,"label":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"Rebecca Slinger","author_link":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/author\/rebecca\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":2,"name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","slug":"academic-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":559,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":460,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":2,"category_count":460,"category_description":"","cat_name":"ACADEMIC NEWS","category_nicename":"academic-news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":90,"name":"College of Social and Behavioral Sciences","slug":"college-of-social-and-behavioral-sciences","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":647,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":71,"filter":"raw"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3340"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16207,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3340\/revisions\/16207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.wilmu.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}