LIBRE Stick Figure Tool

Abstract

Graphic organizers are powerful visual tools. The representation provides dimension and relationship to ideas and a framework for organization and elaboration. The LIBRE Stick Figure Tool is a graphic organizer for the problem-solving application of the LIBRE Model counseling approach. It resembles a “stick person” and offers the teacher and student a problem-solving processing map. The use of the LIBRE Stick Figure Tool is presented to demonstrate its application and illustrate potential benefits to both student and teacher.

Keywords

with disabilities college students problem solving self management/regulation

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