Life Story Books

A "life story book" is a book about you and your life.  It is a bit like an album in which you can put things from when you were very young and you can then add new things as you grow up.

Someone will help you put together a life storybook if you want.  An adult can help get hold of information about your life or to try and find photos or other memories.  Sometimes it can make you sad to think about how your life may have been or to remember people that maybe you don’t see anymore.  This is why it is best to work on your life storybook with someone else.  However it is a very good thing to do as it can help you think about the way you have become the sort of person you are today, or “how you got to be you!”

Social workers, social work assistants, counsellors, residential social workers, foster carers and others can sometimes work on a life storybook with you.  You need to ask your social worker or carers about this.