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Why Biblotherapy?Biblotherapy is a therapeutic approach that utilizes children's books to support mental health and learning of a variety of skills.
Because of my background in childhood development and education, I have learned how to understand appropriate text for students of all ages, ask open-ended questions, and develop action plans to build therapeutic sessions. I find literature to be a beneficial way to teach skills, promote learning and build emotional vocabulary. |
These are two of my favorite books to teach respect! I read the books, then we talk about how we can show respect.
One activity I like is doing a "Looks Like, Sounds Like, Feels Like" chart together as a class. I start with saying, "how do I know you are being respectful? What might your body look like? If the principal was to walk in right now, how would he/she know that this classroom is respecting me/our classmates?" I then ask students what respect might sound like. Answers might include kind words, inside voices, advice, or ways we can help each other. Lastly, we talk about what it feels like to be respected. It's very easy to contrast this with how we feel when we are disrespected to show that we would prefer the opposite. I always finish with the point that we were able to name so many ways to show respect and so much of it is what we are already doing. I try to encourage the class to continue showing respect by following these examples.
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Why books?As a counselor, one of my favorite techniques is bibliotherapy. This is a form of healing that utilizes stories to help connect students to life lessons. We use children's books so often in the classroom, so students are already familiar with finding deeper meanings and connecting to characters. This page is meant to be a growing list of books that I find useful for handling unique situations that children face.
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