Discusses the presence of math anxiety in otherwise gifted secondary students. It suggests the use of bibliotherapy and offers a sample lesson plan focused on the children's book, "Math Curse," to help students see mathematics as a tool for making life easier. An appendix provides an annotated listing of teacher resources on math anxiety. (DB)

Discusses the effects of social change on children and the importance of acknowledging the emotional aspect of learning. Suggests the use of bibliotherapy to provide children with appropriate books to meet their social and emotional needs. (MG)

When teaching victimized children, teachers should (1) be consistent; (2) build success; (3) teach survival, coping, and communication skills; (4) allow students to be students; (5) provide pleasurable experiences; (6) build self-esteem; and (7) use bibliotherapy to help students gain insight. (SK)

Discusses the school's role in dealing with child sexual abuse. Provides 12 guidelines for counselors to use when integrating child sexual abuse information into school programs. Includes an annotated bibliography of read-together and children's books. (BH)

This article proposes guided reading of biographies as a counseling strategy through which middle and high school educators may assist gifted females in gaining helpful insights to deal with problems they face. Biographies of gifted females are highlighted, as well as ways teachers and counselors might use such an approach. (Contains references.)…

Social stories and comic strip conversations were successfully used to teach social skills to a 14-year-old student with Asperger Syndrome. As a result of the training, the student's behavior changed. The student enjoyed using comic strip conversations and began to request their use from others at school and home. (Contains references.) (CR)

Two play therapies applied by parents for darkness phobia in young children are compared. Seventy-eight children between the ages of 4 and 8 were recruited from twenty-seven schools. The participants were randomly assigned to three experimental conditions: bibliotherapy and games, emotive performances, and no treatment. The treatments were applied…

Early childhood teachers can help young children develop an awareness of and appreciation for the many kinds of family structures in today's society. This Digest provides suggestions for teachers who may have children in their classroom who were adopted. Strategies include: (1) select curriculum activities and materials that represent diverse…

Since it is unavoidable that children will experience the death of people and animals through media, literature, and real-life situations, they will need adult help when trying to understand what death is and how it affects them. Researchers generally agree that a child's perception of death is developmental, closely associated to either age or…

This booklet was prepared to aid adults in the selection of books related to illness and hospitals and is suitable for use with children about to be hospitalized. The use of books in preparing a child for hospitalization is discussed and guidelines for selecting books for both preschool and elementary school children are presented. A major portion…

Bibliotherapy is defined as "a process of dynamic interaction between the reader and literature--interaction which may be utilized for personality assessment, adjustment, and growth." A review of the literature dealing with bibliotherapy and a discussion of its uses are contained in this paper. The review indicates that bibliotherapy, if properly…

Few people are conditioned in the middle years to cope with the prospect of old age and retirement. If public libraries could act as the liaison in this transition, perhaps more people would be prepared to lead productive lives after age 65. Public libraries set aside sections for children and young adults but fail to do the same for the elderly.…

This study tested whether bibliotherapy could positively change suburban school children's attitudes toward American Negroes. Secondary purposes were to determine if attitudes toward American Indians and Puerto Ricans would also change as a result of attitude changes toward Negroes and whether bibliotherapy was a feasible technique for the typical…

This study tested the effectiveness of bibliocounseling, group counseling using books as an adjunct, on 48 fourth-grade boys whose third-grade reading scores fell two or more stanines below their third-grade IQ scores. The Gates MacGinitie Reading Test, Survey D; the San Diego County Inventory of Reading Attitude; and the Self-Concept and…