Scribd
Upload
53 views10 pages

Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help individuals solve problems and facilitate structured interactions between facilitators and participants. It offers affective and cognitive benefits, such as improved self-esteem, literacy skills, and critical thinking, particularly for students facing challenges. Successful bibliotherapy requires trained facilitators, a diverse selection of literature, and thoughtful planning.

Uploaded by

azzahim97
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
53 views10 pages

Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy is the use of books to help individuals solve problems and facilitate structured interactions between facilitators and participants. It offers affective and cognitive benefits, such as improved self-esteem, literacy skills, and critical thinking, particularly for students facing challenges. Successful bibliotherapy requires trained facilitators, a diverse selection of literature, and thoughtful planning.

Uploaded by

azzahim97
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PPT, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd

Bibliotherapy

Bibliotherapy – A Definition
 Most simply, bibliotherapy is “the use of
books to help people solve problems”
(Aiex, 1993).
 It is the sharing of literature and the family
of techniques to guide that sharing of
literature to facilitate structured interaction
between the facilitator and the participant.
Bibliotherapy - Benefits
 Affective benefits
– Self-esteem and Self-confidence
– Cathartic release
– Psychological relief
– Realize they are not alone
– Helps students with exceptional needs or those
dealing with painful issues, deal with their
problems in an effective, realistic, and sensitive
manner.
Bibliotherapy - Benefits
 Cognitive
– Increase literacy skills.
– Critical thinking (analysis, drawing
conclusions, decision-making, and problem
solving).
– A vehicle for discussion of sensitive issues in
non-threatening manner.
– Self-understanding, coping, conflict resolution,
and self-evaluations skills
Bibliotherapy - Considerations
 Requires training in guided reading and
bibliotherapeutic technique
 Not a cure-all that can be used in every situation.
It is best used in conjunction with other techniques
(e.g. family therapy).
 Requires a large number of books on a variety of
topics.
 It is a process. It is not handing a child with a
problem a storybook about a character with that
problem.
Bibliotherapy - Stages
 Identification
 Catharsis
 Insight
Bibliotherapy - Process
 Selection
 Introduction
 Reading
 Gestation
 Follow-up
Bibliotherapy - Summary
 A valuable technique for educators that can
be used both with a single student and with
a group of students.
 Similar to guided reading techniques.
 Has many benefits both affective and
cognitive for students in need or crisis.
 Requires thoughtful planning and education
to be successful.
Bibliotherapy Bibliography
 Aiex, N.K. (1993). Bibliotherapy. ERIC Digest. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED357 333).
 Bernstein, J. E. (1989). Bibliotherapy: How Books Can
Help Young Children Cope. In M. K. Rudman (Ed.),
Children’s Literature: Resource for the Classroom (pp.
159-173). Norwood, Massachusetts: Christopher-Gordon
Publishers Inc.
 Cornett, C. E., Cornett, C. F. (1980) Bibliotherapy: The
Right Book at the Right Time. Bloomington Indiana: Phi
Delta Kappa Educational Foundation.
Bibliotherapy Bibliography
 Doll, B., Doll, C. (1997). Bibliotherapy with Young
People. Englewood, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited Inc.
 Johnson, C.E., Wan, G., Templeton, R.A., Graham, L.P.,
Sattler, J.L. (2000) “Booking it” to Peace: Bibliotherapy
Guidelines for Teachers. Peoria, Illinois: College of
Education and Health Services, Bradley University. (ERIC
Document Reproduction Service No. ED451 622).

You might also like