Books Or Bust: Bibliotherapy

Using bibliotherapy, or the approach of using books to emotionally support gifted children, can be a powerful preventative counseling idea for gifted children and their families (Moon, 2002).  Reading and discussing books about gifted children can help gifted students explore ideas, share feelings, learn about conflict resolution, and feel better about themselves.  One excellent source of bibliotherapy information is teacher Tamara Fisher’s (2009) blog article in Education Week called "Using Bibliotherapy with Gifted Children".  She discusses how bibliotherapy can help gifted students cope with their social and emotional needs by identifying with a book character who shares similar hardships.  Her explanations regarding the benefits of bibliotherapy are helpful, and she offers a list of possible book choices to use with students on a pre-middle school (5^th/6^th) grade level.  The link is below.
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/unwrapping_the_gifted/2009/03/using_bibliotherapy_with_gifted_children.html

 

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                                           by (Willams, Bethell, Burrows, & Hanna, 2013)