Title
Bibliotherapy in the Classroom: Integrating Mental Health into an English Language Arts Classroom
Date of Award
10-2018
Degree Name
Education (M.Ed.)
Academic Year
2018
Abstract
An increasing number of students come to school each day with unaddressed mental health concerns and social, emotional, and behavioral difficulties. Schools need to provide more interventions for these students to help ensure their success both in and out of the classroom. This project explores this need, along with the history of adolescent mental health and the current interventions schools employ to combat it. It then provides research that proposes bibliotherapy as a response to students’ mental health concerns, discussing its history, benefits, and classroom applications. The project culminates in a curriculum framework for integrating a biblioguidance program into a high school English Language Arts classroom or elective course in order to meet students’ emotional needs in a comfortable setting with a teacher who has experience in facilitating literary analysis.
ScholarWorks Citation
McPherson-Leitz, Kristy L., "Bibliotherapy in the Classroom: Integrating Mental Health into an English Language Arts Classroom" (2018). Honorable Mentions. 11.
https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/coeawardhonor/11
