
Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Cope with Health Issues
ISBN-13: 9780313305313 Publisher: ABC-CLIO, Incorporated Publication date: 03/30/2000 Series: The Greenwood Press Using Literature to Help Troubled Teenagers Series Pages: 336 Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d) Lexile: 1200L (what's this?) Today, traditional illnesses and high risk behaviors of adolescents have become interrelated through the multitude of physical, social and emotional changes young people experience. Good literature which gives adolescents the truth has incredible power to heal and to renew. This reference resource provides a link for teachers, media specialists, parents, and other adults to those novels that can help adolescents struggling with health issues. Educators and therapists explore novels where common health issues are addressed in ways to captivate teens. Using fictional characters, these experts provide guidance on encouraging adolescents to cope while improving their reading and writing skills.With the advancement in medicine, traditional t