WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Bibliotherapy is an approach or an element in literature to help one to solve their social,

emotional and individual problems with books. This theraphy can be carried out through
literature as it allows the reader to relate to the characters and issues in a book and relate
them to their own lives. By doing this, a reader figures out how others manage with their
frustrations and problems, and enables them to gain understanding into alternative solution
for their problems (Alat, 2002). According to Adams and Pitre (2000), they explains that
reading books allow one to learn and relate to other individual’s experience. Bibliotherapy
considered a collaborative process between a theraphist and a client which can supplement
different approaches. Numerous psychoanalytic theorists believe that behaviour is only a
surface feature and for them to completely comprehend the conduct they should take look at
the importance and the inner workings of one's mind. Freud felt that the identity has three
structures, which are the id, ego, and superego. The id comprises of instincts, where an
individual stores psychic energy, the ego manages the demands of reality, and the superego
is the branch of the individual's identity. The therapist discovered bibliotherapy from every one
of these theories.

Besides, bibliotherapy can help children to overcome their problems by letting them
read stories on characters who have effectively settled a problem similar to them.
Distinguishing proof with a literature model can encourage thought and possible determination
to an issue, for example, managing separation, sickness, death, poverty, pysical disabilities,
war, disaster and so on. The basic introduce of bibliotherapy is that interpreting stories is a
consistently changing procedure to which children bring their own needs and experiences.
Since pupils regularly experience issues distinguishing and imparting their emotions, stories
can encourage them to discuss about an issue openly and motivates self-understanding. In
the event that a child turn out to be emotionally involved with the literary characters, they are
more ready to verbalize, act out, or draw pictures portraying their deepest emotions and
thoughts. Utilization of bibliotherapy isn't constrained to emergency circumstances, nor it is a
solution for extreme mental troubles too. It may not address the issues of a few children,
particularly the individuals who are not prepared to confront their particular issue. Others might
be unable to exchange the knowledge extracted from reading into their own personal life, or
may utilize literature as a type of escape. However, these experiences with literary characters
have been appeared to offer advantages to many children.

A child is a person who is in the phase between birth and puberty. The United Nations
Convention on the rights of the child defines a child as “a person underneath the age of 18,
unless the laws of a specific nation set the lawful age for adulthood younger, however majority

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is achieved earlier”. Childhood is the ideal time for children to be in school and impacting
everything, to make themselves strong and confident with the affection and support of their
family and an expanded community. It is a valuable time in which children should live happily
free from any fear, problem or violence and protected from any kind of abuse or exploitation.
All things considered, childhood means the state of a child's life, to the quality of those years.
Thus, there are children who faces misfortunes and sorrows in their life.

Children often have unexpected concerns than others. The most ideal approach to
take in these is to inquire them or listen to their general discussions in subordinate ways. This
means, like reading a book and talk about it. There is no most ideal approach to determine a
child's concern. Practically, there are some topics that address the concerns and problems
faced by children such as self, family, peers, other individuals, disease and death. In self
themes, there are inquiries around their heads. Will I have fairer skin like others? Will I always
be short? This problems can be expanding if their peers notice these and starts teasing them.
This can trigger a negative circumstance, for example, fighting. In this case, children require
adults to help them confront the problems encountered by them. To help overcome this
problems, sharing a book that linked to the situation can empower everybody to consider their
activity and the impact they have on others.

One of the issue face by children is stepfamilies. A stepfamily is where no less than
one parent has kids that are not genetically related to their other spouse. Possibly one parent
may have children from the past relationship. Children in a stepfamily may live with one
biological parent. Step families are very much linked to the abusing and mistreatment.
According to the law, a child is supposed to stay with the mother after she has divorced. If the
mother remarries the child would be getting a stepfather. He might distress the child physically,
verbally or even mentally. The reason for such tortures is due to dislike of the child who does
not belong to him. Hence, the child will become an object for them to fight and could cause
disruption in the house. In such young age, the child would be unsure of what is happening
and yet they will live in dilemma. Perhaps, there are chances for the hatred feelings to grow
in the child's inner self towards the parents. This sort of books can draw out the significance
of liking oneself.

Family keeps on being viewed as the essential social unit of society however now it
has conveyed numerous changes to it. Families are getting smaller and tend to spread out
because of separation, divorce or stepfamilies. Children sometimes are unable to understand
these changes and it cause fears. Children think about whether they caused the issues. The
traditional causes of stress in families have never cleared out.

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 In this book, Do You Sing Twinkle? by Sandra Levins describes a young boys point of
view on his mother’s remarriage and his new family. This book delicately addresses numerous
questions that children may have while accepting with their parent's remarriage and their new
families or siblings. Children and guardians will learn great and simple approaches to remain
associated all around helping children to feel exceptional and adored. While reading this story,
the child would feel that not only them are facing step family problems, yet the character in the
story also faces the similar conflicts. Thus, Do You Sing Twinkle? is a required reading
material that can help children to overcome their issues from abuse and mistreatments of their
stepfamilies.

In order to help the pupils, teacher can also play their role by conducting interesting
activities based on the story they have read. First, teachers need to find out the necessities of
the pupils and try to find the literature that deals with the situations that the child is
experiencing. Read the material prior utilizing it or prescribing it. On the off chance that you
read aloud or to refer a child to a specific story or book, make sure it is suitable for the child's
age, gender, development and background. The characters and plot ought to be reasonable
and incorporate legit critical thinking. Teachers can conduct the activity in group which is
known as group bibliotheraphy to create a conducive learning environment in the classroom.
For example, Pass The Apple. Play this game like "Hot Potato." Ask the children to sit in a
circle and give one child an apple. When the music starts, have the children pass the apple
around the circle. But when the music stops, the child who is holding the apple in his hand
'becomes' Alex and yells, "Aaaaaaaaaaa!!!!" just like Alex does when he's feeling angry. Then
ask him, "What makes you feel angry?" Play until everyone gets a chance to be Alex.

According to David H. Russel and Caroline Shrodes (1950) in contribution of research

in bibliotherapy to the Language Arts Program, bibliotherapy can be characterized as a
procedure of dynamic association between the identity of the reader and literature which might
be used for personality assessment, modification and development. On the other hand,
teacher should organise activities that involves literary elements which includes bibliotheraphy

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methods. Thus, bibliotheraphy should also be encouraged in the teaching and learning
process.

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Adams, S., Pitre, N.L. (2000). Who uses bibliotherapy and why? Canadian Journal of
Psychiatry, 45(7), 645.

Alat, K. (2002). Traumatic events and children: How early childhood educators can help.
Childhood Education, 79(1), 2-7.

David H. Russel,Caroline Shrodes(1950)Contribution of Research in Bibliotherapy to the

Language Arts Program

Dovey, Ceridwen.(2015). "Is Reading the New Therapy?" New Yorker

(n.d.). Retrieved 10 February 2018, from https://www.unicef.org.uk/what-we-do/un-

convention-child-rights/

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http://www.marksdailyapple.com/bibliotherapy/#ixzz256G2eEv5

Children's Literature in a Time of National Tragedy. ERIC Digest. Retrieved on 15th February
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