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From: Ellen-Marie Silverman
Date: 15 Oct 2004
Time: 15:05:43 -0500
Remote Name: 152.163.100.198
Rhonda, First of all thank you for your questions. As I mentioned in my paper, bibliotherapy was first pioneered with adults and, then, many years later, applied to children. Adolescents meeting the criteria I mentioned in the paper for potential success through this method of learning should benefit from involvement with bibliotherapy. Unfortunately, finding an appropriate book or two is not so easy for adolescents with stuttering problems. From time to time, I considered writting a sequel to Jason's Secret casting Jason as a 14 year-old deeply involved with competitive chess and still learning to deal effectively with occasional stuttering, communicating satisfactorily with others, and managing his propensity for anger with himself and others. But that's really neither here nor there. Since I wrote this paper, I have become aware of a newly published novel for teens entitled "Tending Grace" that features a heroine successfully dealing with her stuttering and family problems. And another also featuring a heroine called "The Silent Spillbills." I may be overlooking some, so I would suggest you visit The Stuttering Homepage where Judy has amassed a fairly large bibliography of fiction highlighting children who stutter. By the way, "biblio" means book. The method of bibliotherapy literally means "book therapy." The key element is allowing a reader to emotionally and cognitivelyt identify with a story's key character and the character's dilemna to better understand themnselves and to acquire greater knowledge and skill in dealing with their own similar problems. Biibliotherapy's powerful message is that personal problems can be solved. Ellen-Marie Silverman