Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues

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This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting. In addition, reports of mental health workers, organizations, agencies, statistics, cases studies, and important research findings regarding each type of abuse are summarized. Web links are provided as well as information on finding the professional print resources cited. Suggestions for additional fiction suitable for bibliotherapy are provided. This is an invaluable resource for teachers, parents, and any adults interested in helping teens battling with the damage of abuse.

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[A] well written book....Anyone interested in realistic teen literature or bibliotherapy will love this thorough dissection of books about teen abuse. It is highly recommended for parents, counselors, school libraries. and public libraries.-VOYA
Of interest to teachers, parents, counselors, and anyone who works with teens.-Reference & Research Book News
Readers interested in helping young adults understand teen abuse will want to be sure Joan F. Kaywell's USING LITERATURE TO HELP TROUBLED TEENAGERS COPE WITH ABUSE ISSUES is part of the collection. Featured fiction includes such diverse young adult novels as Chris Crutcher's IRONMAN, John Marsden's SO MUCH TO TELL YOU and many others. Each novel receives a synopsis and a discussion of how it relates to a particular abuse issue, as well as a survey of how counselors and teachers may use the novel as a stepping stone for communication and understanding.-MBR Bookwatch
This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting. In addition, reports of mental health workers, organizations, agencies, statistics, case studies, and important research findings regarding each type of abuse are summarized.-Adolsecence
"A well written book....Anyone interested in realistic teen literature or bibliotherapy will love this thorough dissection of books about teen abuse. It is highly recommended for parents, counselors, school libraries. and public libraries."-VOYA
"[A] well written book....Anyone interested in realistic teen literature or bibliotherapy will love this thorough dissection of books about teen abuse. It is highly recommended for parents, counselors, school libraries. and public libraries."-VOYA
"Of interest to teachers, parents, counselors, and anyone who works with teens."-Reference & Research Book News
"This book deals with four types of abuse: neglect, emotional abuse, physical abuse, and sexual abuse. For each type of abuse, selected works of fiction, literary, and professional perspectives are juxtaposed along with applications for utilizing the stories in a hypothetical therapy setting. In addition, reports of mental health workers, organizations, agencies, statistics, case studies, and important research findings regarding each type of abuse are summarized."-Adolsecence
"Readers interested in helping young adults understand teen abuse will want to be sure Joan F. Kaywell's USING LITERATURE TO HELP TROUBLED TEENAGERS COPE WITH ABUSE ISSUES is part of the collection. Featured fiction includes such diverse young adult novels as Chris Crutcher's IRONMAN, John Marsden's SO MUCH TO TELL YOU and many others. Each novel receives a synopsis and a discussion of how it relates to a particular abuse issue, as well as a survey of how counselors and teachers may use the novel as a stepping stone for communication and understanding."-MBR Bookwatch

Author Bio

JOAN F. KAYWELL is Interim Department Chair of Secondary Education and Professor of English Education at the University of South Florida. She is Past-President of the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE (ALAN). She has written reviews and artilces for English Journal, The ALAN Review, and The New Advocate. She is also the author of six books including Adolescent Literature as a Complement to the Classics, and Adolescents at Risk: A Guide to Fiction and Nonfiction for Young Adults, Parents, and Professionals (Greenwood, 1993). She is the series advisor for the Greenwood series Using Literature to Help Troubled Teens.