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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Bibliotherapy Guide and Module: Storytelling for Growth and Healing - Bibliotherapy Session Assessment, Evaluation and Debriefing


Assessment and evaluation of a bibliotherapy session can be done by qualitative measurements. A survey of reader satisfaction can be done after every session and at the end of a bibliotherapy program. Interviews with children can be a good measure of success or otherwise. Parents, caregivers and teachers who were present during the sessions can be interviewed as well. The art, writing and recorded music and play activities of kids, as well as the anecdotes recorded by the scribe are materials for assessment and evaluation also. Unless the bibliotherapy session is a research or a study, psychological measurements may be used.

Remember to always ask permission from parents and guardians. They need to be informed at the beginning of the session that record keeping and documentation will be conducted. Be aware of the Data Privacy Act. Agreement forms and consent may be drawn before a team engages in a bibliotherapy session with children. This would include photos to be taken and exposure to social media of the materials their children produced or created.

Debriefing of Bibliotherapy Team

The conduct and facilitation of a bibliotherapy session can be tiring. A lot of effort is already exerted in the planning and preparation phase imagine the energy that is involved in the actual implementation of the session. It is essential that the team go through a debriefing process.

1.      Let the dust settle. Debrief when all operational matters have been concluded.
2.      Debrief in a place away from where the action is. Determine the time and manner of your team’s debriefing session.
3.      Guide questions may be prepared ahead of time and team members can write and answer these questions. During discussion, everyone is ready to talk and communicate
4.      Document the debriefing session. It is advisable to have a minutes of the meeting. This is information for the team to improve the activities, sessions and programs.
5.      Celebrate a bibliotherapy session that you and your team finished conducting!

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