Using literature to help troubled teenagers cope with societal issues

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The work Using literature to help troubled teenagers cope with societal issues represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.

Label

Using literature to help troubled teenagers cope with societal issues

Statement of responsibility

edited by Pamela S. Carroll

Contributor

• Carroll, Pamela S

Subject

• Literature -- Study And Teaching
• Adolescent Psychology
• Young adult literature -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
• Families -- Psychological Aspects
• Teenagers -- Social conditions
• Communication In Families
• Bibliotherapy for teenagers
• Family -- Psychological Aspects
• Psychology In Literature
• Literature -- Psychology
• Family In Literature

Language

eng

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Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

615.8/515/0835

LC call number

RJ505.B5

LC item number

U85 1999

Series statement

The Greenwood Press "Using literature to help troubled teenagers" series

Summary expansion

• Teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults who work with adolescents must recognize that our society influences who teenagers are and how they develop as language users. This unique resource provides guidance to these professionals by pairing literacy specialists with counselors who introduce information about societal issues important to today's adolescents. These experts then explore literature in which issues such as: body image, sexuality, and leaving home are addressed in ways likely to interest teens. By examining fictional characters, these experts provide guidance to those working with teenagers, so they can encourage adolescents to deal with the conflicts and issues imposed upon them by our society while improving their reading and writing skills
• Teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults who work with adolescents must recognize that our society influences who teenagers are and how they develop as language users. This unique resource provides guidance to these professionals by pairing literacy specialists with counselors who introduce information about social issues important to today's adolescents. These experts then explore literature in which issues such as: body image, sexuality, and leaving home are addressed in ways likely to interest teens. By examining fictional characters, these experts provide guidance to those working with teenagers, so they can encourage adolescents to deal with the conflicts and issues imposed upon them by our society while improving their reading and writing skills. Eight important social issues are explored each in a separate chapter. While providing in-depth exploration of fictional characters grappling with these societal issues, each chapter also provides a question and answer section in which specialists answer questions many adults have raised regarding social influences on teenagers. Readers are given insight into how they can help teenagers with similar problems, and extensive annotated bibliographies recommend appropriate books to get teenagers reading and addressing these problems. This collaboration across academic specialties provides an innovative approach to attaining the goal of helping adults and adolescents in gaining a better understanding of each other