Bibliotherapy as an adjuvant tool in the treatment of emotional challenges in early schoolchildren

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https://doi.org/10.58763/rc2024221

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children's library, educationally disadvantaged, early childhood , education, early childhood

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Bibliotherapy, known as bibliomania, literary, or reading therapy, is based on reflective and pedagogical exercises that use reading-aloud practices to promote introspective reflections for personal growth to strengthen problem-solving, the treatment of traumatic life situations and emotional health well-being. At the Corporación Universitaria Minuto de DIOS - UNIMINUTO, specifically in the ILVIC (Infancias, Lecturas y Vida Cotidiana, 2023) seedbed, a group of students and teachers used this work method with children from the Fundación de Cristo Rey, in the city of Bogotá. The class sessions revealed processes of teaching reading to infants between eight months and four years of age. The exercises were worked with disruptive and fraternal pedagogical purposes, concomitance with a participatory action-research methodology with a qualitative approach. This allowed students and teachers to systematize their practices through the instruments applied in the various class workshops. This diversified knowledge broadened the possibilities of teaching children's literature and forked paths in forming readers from childhood.

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2024-01-15

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Caicedo Girón, J., Salgado, C. H., Ortega Castillo, J. P., Hernández Triana, A., Camacho Gutiérrez, S. J., & Socha Niño, A. (2024). Bibliotherapy as an adjuvant tool in the treatment of emotional challenges in early schoolchildren. Región Científica, 3(1), 2024221. https://doi.org/10.58763/rc2024221

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