Discover the transformative power of The Reading WELL home reading program. This monograph unveils a groundbreaking approach to enhance child wellbeing through the use of developmental bibliotherapy. Parents and children engage in shared reading and discussions on the themes of body image, self-esteem, and resilience. Designed for children aged 8 to 10 years, this research not only fosters a love for reading but also provides a process to support emotional growth and learning. Backed by compelling theoretical insights, this book offers a profound insight to ways literature can act as a tool to promote eudemonic wellbeing and address issues of trauma in children's lives. Ideal for educators, psychologists, and parents, The Reading WELL sets a new standard in nurturing children's holistic development through the magic of storytelling.
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Part 1: Critical Pedagogy
1 Becoming a Reader, A Personal Vignette
1 And so, to School
2 The Reading WELL Study
3 A Transactional Approach to Reading
4 Reading Engagement and Interaction with Narrative Reader Response
Theory
5 The Reader Stance Efferent and Aesthetic Reading
6 Narrative Absorption through Fiction Text, Personal Identity, Experience
and Self
2 The Reading WELL Theoretical Perspective
1 Mental Health of Children in Australia
2 Eudaimonic Wellbeing
3 Developmental Bibliotherapy
4 Developmental Bibliotherapy in Educational Contexts
5 Transactional Reader Response Theory, Alignment to Developmental
Bibliotherapy
Part 2: Language and Literacy Teaching
3 Generating the Aesthetic Transaction through Life to Text Text to Life
1 Childrens Picture Story Books Narrative Absorption through Fiction
2 Literacy as a Cultural Practice
3 Co-Construction of Meaning through Shared Reading
4 Parental Influence on Childrens Reading Engagement
4 Literacy-Focused Home Reading Programs
1 Funds of Knowledge
2 The Opportunities, Recognition, Interaction and Modelling (ORIM) Taxonomy
3 The Four Resources Model
4 Creating The Reading WELL Home Reading Program
5 The 3 Wellbeing Focus Areas
6 The Reading WELL Key Messages
7 Previous Programs Informing the Reading WELL Key
Messages Body Image
8 Previous Programs Informing the Reading WELL Key
Messages Self-Esteem
9 Previous Programs Informing the Reading WELL Key
Messages Resilience
10 Developmental Bibliotherapy Book Selection
Part 3
Research Literacy Using Critical Creative Approaches
5 Creativity within the Narrative Field
1 Narrative Research as an Interpretive Methodology
2 The Ethics of Re-Storying the Evidence
3 The New Reading WELL Narratives (Story)
4 The New Reading WELL Narratives as Fiction-Based Research
6 The Reading WELL story, Story and STORY
1 story
2 Story
3 STORY
4 In Closing
Appendix A: The Reading WELL Child Journal
Appendix B: The Reading WELL Books Bibliotherapy Questions
and Suggested Responses
References
Index
Siobhan OBrien is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. As the Director of Professional Experience she supports pre-service teachers professional practice in school and early childhood settings. Before this she has worked in primary schools across a range of settings and age groups as a Leading teacher and School leader in Curriculum, Wellbeing and Literacy. Siobhan's research is focused on parent/child engagement with a ground-breaking program titled The Reading WELL [ Wellbeing in Everyday Language and Literature] a home reading program using books to support self-esteem, body image and resilience.
