Bibliotherapy as an Alternative Approach to Children’s Emotional Disorders

Ajayi Nathaniel Akinola

Hezekiah Oluwasanmi Library, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

DOI: 10.4236/ce.2014.514146                

Abstract

The alternative approach to solving children emotional and behavioral disorders is the use of bibliotherapy. Many African youths today are undergoing traumatic democratic governance, fear of future and a crazy for materialism and books can be used to address the menace. The objectives of this paper therefore are to find out why and how bibliotherapy can be administered as a correctional therapy for children undergoing emotional and behavioral disorders. Good book selection, individual guidance and skilled therapist increase intellectual soundness of children.

Keywords

Bibliotherapy, Behavioral Disorders, Youth, Good Books, Correctional Therapy and Emotional Disorders

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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