Skills for Living

Group Counseling Activities for Elementary Students

Dr. Rosemarie Smead

Elementary

8.5x11

Pages:

238

ISBN:

978-0-87822-347-3

Item Number:

4761

Price:	$37.99

Skills for Living: Group Counseling Activities for Elementary Students

Overview

Provides nuts-and-bolts techniques and specific do's and don'ts for leading skill-building counseling groups with elementary-age children who need help developing prosocial and coping skills. Part One provides clear guidelines for designing, organizing, conducting, and evaluating multi- session counseling groups. Part Two provides counseling agendas and step-by-step procedures for conducting groups on eight different topic areas. Appendices contain needs assessment forms, pretests and posttests for each topic area, sample consent forms, and much more.

Book Reviews

"Whether one session or all sixty-four are implemented, Skills for Living provides positive strategies for teaching our elementary students skills that are essential for being successful educationally and emotionally."

—Dawn M. Zarlingo, Communique, National Association of School Psychologists

"Skills for Living is a highly recommended book for school counselors and other mental health professionals working with elementary school students. Morganett [Smead] provides a structured, thorough, and relevant guide for counselors wishing to assist students in a group setting."

—Amy Jorgensen Thayer, The School Counselor

"A beginning counselor or group worker will appreciate the structure, format, sequencing, resources for professionals and children, and rationales for the various proposed agendas. They provide group activities for younger aged children that are tightly focused, controlled, and time-limited."

—Alison Hahn Johnson, Social Work with Groups

Table of Contents

Handouts
Acknowledgments
Part 1: Getting Started
Part 2: Group Agendas

Peace Begins with Me: Peacemaking Skills

Getting Started
Different Races, Smiling Faces
We All Love to Eat
All Kinds of Worship
Xenophilia
Peace to All Creatures
Understanding Homelessness
Saying Goodbye

I'm Somebody Special: Building Self-Esteem

Getting Started
Feely Feelings
Pictures of Me
Changing and Growing
I Can!
What Do I Value?
Appreciating Friends
Saying Goodbye

KIDS: Kids in Divorce Stress

Getting Started
My Family Then and Now
Why People Divorce
Feelings About Divorce
Speak Up
The Myth of the Wicked Stepmother
Chill Out
Saying Goodbye

Grieving and Growing: Learning From Losses

Getting Started
Losing Someone Hurts
Remembering
Why Funerals?
Coping With Stages of Grief
Understanding Causes of Death
Talking to Grieving People
Saying Goodbye

I CAN Kids: Control Anger Now!

Getting Started
Helpful Ways Versus Hurtful Ways
Mad, Bad, Sad, Glad
Worry Warts
Shake It Till You Make It
I Am Not a Crybaby!
Self as Model
Saying Goodbye

I'm Responsible

Getting Started
Responsible by the Light of the Moon
Chocolate, Strawberry, and Vanilla Responsibilities
I'm Responsible for Me
I'm Responsible to Others
I'm Responsible at School
My Responsibilities to Nature
Saying Goodbye

Good Citizen's Club

Getting Started
Homework Buddies
Controlling Anger
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire!
Copy Cat
Don't Touch My Stuff!
You Can't Tease Me Anymore
Saying Goodbye

Appendix A: Sample Forms

Sample Group Counseling Needs Assessment for Faculty
Sample Group Counseling Needs Assessment for Students
Sample Letter to School Faculty
Sample Letter to Parent/Guardian
Sample Parent/Guardian Consent Form
TAP-In Student Selection Checklist
Limits of Confidentiality

Appendix B: Ethical Guidelines for Group Counselors

Appendix C: Pretests/Posttests

Peace Begins With Me: Peacemaking Skills
I'm Somebody Special: Building Self-Esteem
Friends: Getting Along With Others
Grieving and Growing: Learning from Losses
KIDS: Kids in Divorce Stress
I CAN Kids: Control Anger Now!
I'm Responsible
Good Citizen's Club

Handouts

Feeling Faces Chart
Helpful Behaviors Chart
Recipe for Orange-Coconut Balls
Thinking-Feeling-Behaving Diagram
Blank Face Drawing
Behavior Contract Form
Chocolate-Strawberry-Vanilla Responsibilities
My Responsibilities Chart

Sample Activities

Sample Activities: Different Races, Smiling Faces and Friendship Zingers

Training/Workshops

In-service training for all levels of group work with children and adolescents can be provided by the author of this program. Dr. Smead is an accomplished international and national presenter. She will work closely with your school or organization and design training to meet your specific needs. Whether it is a one-day review, a multi-day skill-building workshop, or a 40-hour course, Dr. Smead offers exciting and confidence-building opportunities to enhance your group counseling skills.

For more information and available dates, please contact:

Dr. Rosemarie (Rosie) Smead
Indiana University Southeast
4201 Grant Line Road
New Albany, Indiana 47150
U.S.A.

Phone: 812-923-6006
Fax: 812-923-6006
E-Mail: dogdiva@blueriver.net

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