Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Abuse Issues (The Greenwood Press Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Series)

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.

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.