Welcome! A Group for Every Standard: Meeting Students’ Needs Through Group Counseling
Group Agreements
Aubrey Ures., Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Davis Suzy Thomas, Professor, Saint Mary’s College of California
Warm-up Ac.vi.es
Groupwork in K-12 Schools
Forming a Group
A lot of prep work for a .me saver?
Adver.sing
Challenges
Screening
Benefits
Scheduling
Group Stages: Challenges and Benefits Stage Group Initial Transition Working Termination
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Rapport
Opportunity
Trust
Motivation
Risk Taking
Skill Building
Goodbye
Insight
Using Group Stages as a Guide An Adaptable “Recipe” for any Topic: Ini.al ≥ 1 session Transi.on ≥ 2 sessions Working ≥ 3 sessions Termina.on ≥ 1 session ★ Need to move faster? Use a focused plan for each of the four stages
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Getting Started
Standards & Stages: Applied
Openers Sentence Comple.ons Ques.ons to pose in: Early Stage Middle Stage Later Stage
Theories: Applied Rogers: Where in your life are you most able to be your real self? Adler: How are you similar to your siblings? How are you different? Psychoanalysis: Who have been key figures in your development? Gestalt: Where in your body does this feeling live?
Activity: Putting it All Together! Plan a group Set the length for each stage
Behavioral: What behavior would you need to change in order to achieve your goal?
Pick a topic connected to a standard
REBT: Where is the evidence that you must be perfect?
Apply a theory to your group
Reality therapy: How is what you are doing getting you what you want? SFBT: How have you managed to cope so well with this issue for so long?