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Extending an emotionally gifted child's expression of empathy through developmental bibliotherapy
journal contribution
posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by J Paton, Bruce KnightBruce Knight, Julie DunnJulie DunnDevelopmental Bibliotherapy has been used to develop gifted students' and adults' understanding and expression of self-awareness and empathy. Researchers have failed, however, to implement the process of Developmental Bibliotherapy with participants below the age of nine years. The child participant involved in this study was a six-year-old gifted student. The purpose of the study was to investigate the process of Developmental Bibliotherapy as an effective intervention to focus the participant on her emotions, assist her to express these emotions and overcome her troubling issue of a current empathetic concern. The study provided qualitative data showing that when an emotionally gifted child with an empathetic concern participated in the process of Developmental Bibliotherapy she displayed an increased ability to express the emotion of Empathy.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Volume
21Issue
3Start Page
9End Page
14Number of Pages
6ISSN
0815-8150Location
ArmidalePublisher
UNELanguage
en-ausPeer Reviewed
- Yes
Open Access
- No
External Author Affiliations
Faculty of Education and Creative Arts; TBA Research Institute;Era Eligible
- Yes