There is compelling evidence on the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for facilitating one's development. Arguably, in teacher education, bibliotherapy has been shown to facilitate prospective teachers' professional development. However, teacher educators may experience difficulties in finding relevant reading to stimulate prospective teachers'…

Non-print materials may be used to help children cope with delicate and controversial subject areas, as well as assist in the remediation of serious behavior problems. (STS)

This article was developed to assist the regular education elementary classroom teacher in utilizing practical bibliotherapy strategies for the inclusive classroom. Using quality children's literature for bibliotherapy helps students to grow socio-emotionally by identifying with the main character in the story with a disability which leads to…

Describes bibliotherapy (a reading program planned, conducted and controlled by trained personnel), which can be useful in helping children with emotional, social or psychological problems. Included are some suggestions for implementing this program in the classroom, a short book list, and other resources. (ED)

Interpretive questioning techniques can be used with folktales to enhance children's insight into human problems. (MKM)

Books should be selected on the basis of literary merit, not as a vehicle for instruction, since we don't know the psychological effects of specific works. (DD)

Introducing children to fantasy literature allows them to safely explore the problems and joys of being human. (JH)

Presents a bibliography of children's books in which the children portrayed are coping with handicaps such as blindness, deafness, mental retardation, cerebal palsy, and physical size. (JMB)

Urges bibliotherapy for children who have been physically, sexually, or psychologically abused. (DD)

Reviews literature arguing for the moral education of gifted students. Bibliotherapy and group dynamics activities are advocated as strategies for promoting moral development. An approach to using stories in bibliotherapy is suggested in appended material. (Author/RH)

Discusses various documents in the ERIC system that suggest ways that reading teachers can work with children of divorced parents. (FL)

Provides a narrative on the use of the book "The Hill That Grew" and letter writing to help a 10-year-old boy cope with stress. (PA)

Bibliotherapy, a humanistic approach to teaching, has been shown to make teachers more sensitive to the needs of children and to produce marked improvement in children's reading achievement. Books used for bibliotherapy (not for lessons or assignments) can provide children with reading that gives them greater insight into themselves, other people,…

Recommends bibliotherapy as a way in which school media specialists can help children become more independent and more socially and emotionally mature. Situations for which bibliotherapy is appropriate and the importance of discussions and other follow-up activities are covered. (8 references) (MES)

Reviews literature concerning bibliotherapy and concludes that it can be of value to a child's overall emotional development and may help in breaking emotional barriers to learning. Discusses the role of the reading teacher in the bibliotherapeutic process. (FL)