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Creating a Safe Space for Students to Explore Trauma and Build Resilience through Young Adult Literature, Creative Composing, and Personal Experiences

Luminous Literacies

ISBN: 978-1-80043-453-0, eISBN: 978-1-80043-452-3

Publication date: 6 September 2021

Abstract

This chapter reflects on the author's unexpected responses to Young Adult (YA) literature as a cathartic and healing experience. It also focuses on the role of YA literature in reaching the emotional needs of both students and educators as they face their own buried trauma. It is necessary for educators to understand the role trauma plays in the classroom and to develop ways to broach these difficult subjects within a structured lesson to support the development of student resilience. Additionally, it is necessary for educators to challenge their own beliefs surrounding the selection of appropriate texts for classroom use and select texts that reflect student experiences. Through this chapter, the reader will gain practical ways to embrace YA literature in the classroom, as well as practical ways to grow through difficult life experiences and healthy methods to foster resilience in educational spaces.

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Raymond, B.R. (2021), "Creating a Safe Space for Students to Explore Trauma and Build Resilience through Young Adult Literature, Creative Composing, and Personal Experiences", Rice, M.F. and Dallacqua, A.K. (Ed.) Luminous Literacies (Advances in Research on Teaching, Vol. 36), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 71-83. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-368720210000036007

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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