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DEFINITION
Bibliotherapy is the term used to cover the use of self-help books to address psychological and emotional issues and difficulties. It can be very effective; books can be used independently, or in addition to group or individual therapeutic work.
Bodart defined bibliotherapy (Ed 225-828) as: "A process of dynamic interaction between the personality of the reader and literature-interaction which may be utilized for personality assessment, adjustment, and growth."
SELECTION The books need to provide the realistic picture about life.
PRESENTATION Using the strategic techniques to relate the similarities between the character of books and the clients character.
FOLLOW-UP
Students Needs
Planning Prepare a plan of presentation that includes discussion and follow-up activities
STAGES IN BIBLIOTHERAPY
The reader associates himself or herself with a IDENTIFI character or situation in a book. CATION The reader shares the feelings and motivations of CATHARS the books character. IS The reader realizes his or her situation can be dealt with more effectively by imitating or INSIGHT adapting the ideas from the reading material.
Observation
Carefully constructed writing assignments, espe cially journal writings. Journal writing can offer students a means of revealing what is bothering them.
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One-to-one conferences
Examine books and determine if they provide a fair picture of the problem.
Select books that involve the reader in the problem solving process
The teacher allows a certain amount of time for reflection on the book
The book is discussed either by the student and teacher or by members of the group Interaction may continue even after the discussion, as the students continue to reflect on the material and expand and clarify the ideas.
Ask questions that probe into what happened in the book in order to bring about a shift in feeling and relationship, thus making it easier for students to identify with the characters and situations
Lead the students to explore the consequences of certain behaviours or feelings and recapitulate what happened as a result of those actions or feelings
Provide opportunities for the group to draw conclusions or generalizations as to whether the actions in the book had positive or negative effects
Personal adjustme nt
CHANGES: AFFECTIVE (ATTITUDES, VALUES, EMOTIONS) IN THE READERS Promote empathy Create positive attitudes Produce personal and social adjustment Develop positive self-image Relieve emotional pressures Develop new interests Promote tolerance, respect, and acceptance of others Encourage realization that there is good in all people Help readers to identify socially accepted behaviors Stimulate the examination of moral values, which results in character development Create a desire to emulate models
timulate critical thinking such as analysis, drawing conclusions and mplications, making decisions, solving problems, making judgments Give perspective to problems so that they can be put into proper proportion; reader sees universality of problems