Sensitive issues and childrens literature

Summarizes the differences between what adults perceive as sensitive issues affecting childrens wellbeing and what children perceive as sensitive issues. Describes how childrens literature can be used to help children develop language to describe their feelings. Explains how different stories can ma...

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Published in:Health education (Bradford, West Yorkshire, England) West Yorkshire, England), 1995, Vol.95 (1), p.12-14
Main Author: Wetton, Noreen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Child Abuse
Children
Childrens Attitudes
Childrens literature
Educational Needs
Elementary Education
Elementary Schools
Health Education
Health Promotion
Literature
Mental health
Sibling Relationship
Special Needs Students
Units of Study
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Summary:Summarizes the differences between what adults perceive as sensitive issues affecting childrens wellbeing and what children perceive as sensitive issues. Describes how childrens literature can be used to help children develop language to describe their feelings. Explains how different stories can make it possible to explore characters feelings and our own feelings, and how they can be used as startingpoints for talking to children about sensitive situations, feelings and relationships.
ISSN:0965-4283
1758-714X
DOI:10.1108/09654289510075045