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Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence 7/2020

19-05-2020 | Book Review

Janina Scarlet: Dark Agents, Book One: Violet and the Trial of Trauma

Instant Help Books, Oakland, CA, 2020, 152 pp, ISBN 9781684031740

Auteur: Chris Fradkin

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 7/2020

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For health professionals, treating troubled teens and youth can be a challenge as many are aversive to talk therapy (Bennett et al. 2017; Blankenship 1995). Alternate modalities, such as Art Therapy (Linesch 2016), Music Therapy (Rosado 2019), and Expressive Writing (Travagin et al. 2015), have met with more success. But what about self-help books? Do teens respond to them? The answer is yes. Studies indicate, however, that visual formats are more engaging than presentations based on text alone (Cook 2017; Reiss et al. 2007). Studies also indicate that multiple modalities are best for dealing with higher-level concepts (Fradkin 2019a, 2019b, 2020; Sligo and Tilley 2011). So what format might be best to reach these troubled teens? The literature suggests the graphic novel. A contender in this genre of hybrid presentation is Janina Scarlet’s Dark Agents. …
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Metagegevens
Titel
Janina Scarlet: Dark Agents, Book One: Violet and the Trial of Trauma
Instant Help Books, Oakland, CA, 2020, 152 pp, ISBN 9781684031740
Auteur
Chris Fradkin
Publicatiedatum
19-05-2020
Uitgeverij
Springer US
Gepubliceerd in
Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 7/2020
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01258-2

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