Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the course!

    • WELCOME! I'm Bijal, Your Course Instructor and Bibliotherapist

    • A Little Bit About the Course

  • 2

    An Introduction to Children's Bibliotherapy Skills

    • What is Bibliotherapy? Part 1

    • What is Bibliotherapy? Part 2

    • What is Bibliotherapy? A Book Therapy Definition

    • What is Children's Bibliotherapy?

    • Book Therapy's Definition of Children's Bibliotherapy

    • The Four Stages of the Bibliotherapy Process

    • What Kind of Issues Can Be Treated with Children's Bibliotherapy?

    • Psychological and Emotional Benefits of Children's Bibliotherapy

    • What Are The Moral Benefits of Bibliotherapy?

    • The Three Types of Children's Bibliotherapy

    • Institutional Bibliotherapy

    • Developmental Bibliotherapy

    • Clinical Bibliotherapy

    • Integrating Children’s Bibliotherapy into Clinical Settings

    • One-to-one/Individual Bibliotherapy Sessions

    • Children‘s Group Bibliotherapy Sessions - Part 1

    • Children‘s Group Bibliotherapy Sessions - Part 2

    • Integrating Bibliotherapy into Educational & Counselling Settings

    • Short Quiz

  • 3

    How Children Experience Literature

    • Connection & Resonance - Part 1

    • Connection & Resonance - Part 2

    • Setting Goals & Questions

    • Elements of Literature that Influence Children's Engagement

  • 4

    Children's Bibliotherapy Tools & Techniques

    • Creative Bibliotherapy Tools & Techniques

    • Encourage Discussion & Reflection Through Open-ended Questions

    • The Role of Art and Journaling in Children’s Bibliotherapy

    • Downloadable Children's Venn Diagram

    • Downloadable Character Weave

    • Downloadable Bibliotherapy Lesson Plan

    • The Role of Narrative Therapy

  • 5

    Effectiveness of Children's BIbliotherapy - Case Studies

    • How Effective is Children’s Bibliotherapy - Overview

    • A Strategy to Help Students With Bullying

    • Effectiveness of bibliotherapy for children with a sibling with a disability - Part 1

    • Effectiveness of bibliotherapy for children with a sibling with a disability - Part 2

    • Effectiveness of bibliotherapy for children with a sibling with a disability - Part 3

    • Effectiveness of bibliotherapy for children with intellectual disability

  • 6

    Book Selection for Children

    • Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Books - Part 1: Assessing Appropriateness at Age or Reading Level

    • Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Books - Part 2: Assessing Appropriateness at Character Level

    • Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Books - Part 3: Assessing Appropriateness of Context

    • Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Books - Part 4: Assessing Appropriateness of Language and Illustrations

    • Criteria for Selecting Appropriate Books - Part 5: Assessing Appropriateness of the Underlying Message of the Book

    • Downloadable Checklist for Reviewing & Selecting An Appropriate Book

    • How Do You Implement this in Practice? Step 1: Select a book that features a character with whom the child can identify.

    • How Do You Implement this in Practice? Step 2: Emotions and Feelings

    • How Do You Implement this in Practice? Step 3: Insights and Lessons

    • How Do You Implement this in Practice? Step 4: Positive Behaviours and Coping Strategies

    • Guided Bibliotherapy Character Weave Exercise

  • 7

    Children's Bibliotherapy Resources & Recommended Books

    • Downloadable Bibliotherapy Resources & List of Recommended Books

  • 8

    Before you go...

    • Next Steps

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