Abstract

The purpose of this project is to share the steps involved in creating and designing a specialized web site for viewers who either work with children and young adults who have special needs or those who have special needs. The web site will allow the viewers to apply the principles of bibliotherapy. Bibliotherapy is defined as healing through books, reading books to help solve and better understand personal problems, and/or mutual sharing of literature in order to structure interaction between a facilitator and a participant. The web site, designed to be interactive, becomes the facilitator and the viewers become the active participants. For example, people may log on and write reflections about their feelings toward the book listed on the web site. Participation in bibliotherapeutic intervention allows participants to hyperlink with other viewers, and therefore, make connections that encourage active problem solving related to special needs.

Citation

Lanasa, P., Criscoe, B. & Lovelace, T. (2001). Website 101: Creating Annotated Special Education Bibliotherapy with Children's and Young Adults Books. In J. Price, D. Willis, N. Davis & J. Willis (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2001--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 2624-2625). Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 11, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/17239/.

Keywords

• Adolescents
• adults
• children
• Interaction