The Use of Group Dynamics and Bibliotherapy in Total Institution Training for Human Development, July 1971

(1971) The Use of Group Dynamics and Bibliotherapy in Total Institution Training for Human Development, July 1971. Corrections, Department of

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Abstract

During the last two years Morris Lotte, Library Consultant for the Department of Social Services, and member of the staff of the State Traveling Library, has conducted a number of workshops at the Women's Reformatory in Rockwell City, Iowa. The workshops are in the general area of group dynamics. The type of program is neither what is meant by sensitivity training, nor the traditional completely guided and structured approach. 1'wo of the workshops have been over a five-day period, three over a three day period, and one over a two day period at a camp site. Miss Laurel Rans, the superintendent of the institution has said that this is one of their better programs. Mrs. Lotte, for five or six years before coming to work for the department, has been heavily involved with various kinds of group dynamics. A major part of Mrs. Lotte's department responsibility is the development of library media material that can be used for therapeutic purposes, otherwise known as bibliotherapy.