摘要:Gifted students may experience psychosocial difficulties.
One of the therapeutic tools that, can be used by
counselors in supporting them by taking their interest
and skill in reading book into consideration, is bibliotherapy.
It reflects using literature for helping children
to overcome their problems. Choosing the appropriate
book for bibliotherapy is crucial point to
make the process productive. Research on the books
that can be used through bibliotherapy with gifted
students seems to be limited; led this study. This
study examined three books in terms of the content
regarding psychosocial difficulties experienced by
gifted students and their appropriateness for bibliotherapy
applications for gifted children at primary
school level. The outstanding contents in the books
were relationship problems, labeling and loneliness,
difficulties with self / identity development, and perfectionism.
According to results, the books included
contents regarding the difficulties that gifted students
might experience; hence could be used with gifted
students by counselors.