Guest Presenter: Jon Lasser      

Participants will learn about bibliotherapy as a creative counseling intervention to address social, emotional, and behavioral goals and objectives. We will review the research base supporting the use of bibliotherapy as an effective intervention and look at practical applications of bibliotherapy across a wide developmental range. Finally, participants will gain a better understanding of the "how to" of bibliotherapy, including ways to measure progress on counseling goals when bibliotherapy is used.

1. Describe how bibliotherapy may be an effective counseling intervention with students; 
2. Select books that meet the developmental needs and goals of students; 
3. Demonstrate how to monitor student progress when bibliotherapy is used as an intervention.