Pontus in Rome

By Sandra Aastroem

The book shows a Roman boy living in Rome. It is a time-actual story with inspiration from Romany culture and Italian roman culture history. The story describes images from the life of the boy, Pontus, in todays Rome but takes the reader back on a time-travel-like adventure. Illustrations are from arts and seek the readers attention from a childs point of view. The books showing of the Romany culture explores a people group with unique way of life in today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Mar 25, 2016
• ISBN: 9781504996198

Sandra Aastroem

Sandra Aastreom is a Swedish first-time published author with a family in Sweden. Ms Aastroem has a career in the field of social work in Sweden, where having worked in different areas of social work, such as migration, child and family care, and care for homeless.

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Published by AuthorHouse: 06/22/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5049-9620-4 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5049-9619-8 (e)

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Contents

ONE

PROBLEMS AND THEORIES

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ACS AND CBS

THREE

PONTUS IN ROME

WORKS CITED

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Pontus in Rome is a book about a boy named Pontus. Pontus is an 8 year old boy living in Rome, Italy. I want to say thank you to professor Masoud Kamali at Mid Sweden University and Uppsala University, for teaching me about the difficulties in understanding the complexity in cultures. Thank you also to the professors and teachers at the Mid Sweden University department of Social Work, for teaching me about understanding the methodology of science of Social Work. Thank you to my friends from the Social Worker education in Mid Sweden university. You always bring clarity and hope as well as strength to continue pursuing dreams and goals. The book is a descriptive interpretation of a Romany child´s migration with living in Rome. The book mirrors an ACT perspective from CBS behavioral science. I want to say thank you to Sverigehälsan AB, for teaching me about cognitive behavioral therapy and ACT. Thank you for listening and for being there as a guide with ideas and creativity. The history about Pontus guides the reader into seeing from an active child´s perspective, driven by and