After listing a selected bibliography on the affective and its impact on the curriculum, this section provides procedures for developing a form for reviewing books on the affective, summarizing the data found on the form, and searching for schemes to make the material useful for curriculum workers. (Author/IRT)

This article defines bibliotherapy, offers guidelines for selecting appropriate materials to use to assist gifted students to grow emotionally and socially, notes the crucial nature of teacher-led discussion in helping students interact with the literature, and provides discussion questions and suggested activities for each of six books.…

While this book is directed toward educators and counselors, its concepts are applicable to all who work with youth, including parents. What the author does is to look honestly at one fact--that a linkage exists between serious drug misuse and lack of self-esteem--and to turn this fact around to encourage the building of self-esteem from K-12 as…

A practical approach to using bibliotherapy in the classroom is presented in this manual. Among the materials included are discussions of definitions and dynamics of bibliotherapy, qualifications of a bibliotherapist, objectives and benefits of bibliotherapy, values of individual and group bibliotherapy, and basic human needs; suggestions for…