Skills for Living

Group Counseling Activities for Young Adolescents

Volume 2

Dr. Rosemarie Smead

Middle School

8.5x11

Pages:

298

ISBN:

978-0-87822-420-3

Item Number:

3185

Price:	$37.99

Skills for Living: Group Counseling Activities for Young Adolescents

Overview

This volume helps counselors provide young adolescents with the opportunity to learn new ideas, skills, behaviors, perspectives, and attitudes in a group setting. The book is divided into two sections. Part One provides specific do's and don'ts and many other useful guidelines for running a successful group. Part Two contains detailed procedures for conducting groups on eight topic areas. Appendices include pretests and posttests for each topic area, needs assessment forms, sample letters, consent forms, and best practice guidelines for group counselors.

Book Reviews

"Smead has done an excellent job of creating fresh ideas for middle level counseling groups. Almost any student and educator would benefit. I can't wait to get started!"

—Mary Michaud, Middle Ground, National Middle School Association

"This book is filled with specific materials which practitioners can either use or adapt. Useful features include 23 handouts for use with the group agendas; pragmatic selection guidelines; references and suggested resources for professionals; seven sample forms, including needs assessments and letters; a TAP-IN (Tell, Ask, and Pick) student selection checklist; eight pretests/posttests; and best practice guidelines. . . . This fine, well-written activity book is highly recommended to group couseling and group work professionals who wish to understand and deliver services to adolescents."

—Steven R. Rose, Social Work with Groups

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Part 1 Introduction

Part 2 Group Agendas

Girlfriends: Understanding and Managing Friendships

Getting Started
Sorting Things Out
Aliens
The Guys
The Green Gossip Monster
My True Colors
Flirting or Harassment?
That's a Wrap

Jugglers: Middle-School Transition Issues

Getting Started
You Gotta Have BIG Ears!
Who Am I?
My Power, Their Power
My Middle Name Is "Flexible"
Truth or Consequences
Roller-Coaster Feelings
That's a Wrap

Dating and Relating: Male/Female Relationship Issues

Getting Started
Knowing My Dating Values
Dating Rights and Responsibilities
Expressing Feelings to Your Girlfriend/Boyfriend
Power in Relationships
Date Abuse: Violence in Relationships
Boomerang Behaviors
Ending Relationships: When and How
That's a Wrap

"Teaching Tolerance": Understanding and Valuing Individual and Cultural Differences

Getting Started
M|&|M's: What's the Difference?
Beautiful and Ugly Are Only Skin Deep
Different Drummers
Body Boundaries
"It Isn't Easy Bein' Green"
Walk a Block in My Socks
Frogs, Toads, and Other Survivors
That's a Wrap

Give a Little, Take a Little: Relationships at Home

Getting Started
Power Struggles
My Freedoms and Responsibilities
I'm Not the Only One Living Here
Cutting Edge: Limits on Technology at Home
Teeter-Totter: Balancing Family, School, Friends, and Other Activities
The Gifts I Bring
That's a Wrap

The Brain Laundromat: Cognitive Coping Skills

Getting Started
ABC's of Feelings
Garbage In/Garbage Out
How to Get Your Brain to Work Right
No Neggies
Self-as-Model: I Can Do This!
Healing Painful Words
That's a Wrap

Agree to Disagree: Learning to Manage Anger

Getting Started
Peace in Any Language
Agree to Disagree: Learning to Negotiate
Moody Blues
Get a Life
I-Messages
Big and Little Spiders
That's a Wrap

Guys' Club: Issues from a Male Perspective

Getting Started
The Secret World of Body Language
Friends
I Am the President
On Camera: Video Modeling I
On Camera: Video Modeling II
The Big Wuss Club
That's a Wrap

Appendix A: Sample Forms

Faculty Group Counseling Needs Assessment

Student Group Counseling Needs Assessment

Letter to School Faculty

Letter to Parent/Guardian

Parent/Guardian Consent Form

Appendix B: TAP-In Student Selection Checklist

Appendix C: Pretests/Posttests

Appendix D: Association for Specialists in Group Work Best Practice Guidelines

Sample Activities

Sample Activites: Flirting or Harassment? and Teeter-Totter: Balancing Family, Friends, School, and Other Responsibilities

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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