Authors: Joseph E. Zins (Editor), Maurice J. Elias
ISBN-13: 9781560245063, ISBN-10: 1560245069
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: January 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Help more students find success in school and life by using these carefully selected group-based interventions designed for use in schools. Because of the growing incidences of violence, poverty, stress-related disorders, and similar problem behaviors among children and youth, there is a critical need to expand the numbers of young people who receive health and mental health promotion services in schools. This timely book demonstrates how group interventions can help special services staff reach these increasing numbers of students who require assistance. Promoting Student Success Through Group Interventions contains clear, concise, and practical descriptions of a variety of group interventions designed to promote students’success in school and in life.
Each chapter of Promoting Student Success Through Group Interventions begins with an overview of the theoretical and instructional bases for the approach, including an outline of the purpose of the program, target populations, age/grade levels, problems/risk factors addressed, and formats for which the program is best suited. Step-by-step outlines of each program are then presented, including many detailed tips on how to get started, run the first session or two, establish rules, facilitate group cohesion, and think through group composition and attendance. Some of the topical areas covered by this book include:
Promoting Student Success Through Group Interventions contains more explicit detail about actual program operation than is typically provided in books of this nature, and it also purposefully addresses multicultural concerns. School psychologists and counselors, mental health professionals who work with children in community agencies or community mental health centers, group specialists, and special educators will find ways to reach and assist more students with this unique and thorough presentation of practical group intervention programs.
Presents practical group-based intervention programs, designed for use in schools, to reach the increasing numbers of students who require health and/or mental health assistance. No index. Also published as Special Services in the Schools, v.8, no.1, 1993. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Promoting Student Competence Through School-Based Group Interventions: An Introduction | 1 | |
Overview of Group Interventions for Special Services Providers | 9 | |
School-Based Support Groups for Children of Divorce | 39 | |
The Invisible Griever: Support Groups for Bereaved Children | 67 | |
Cognitive-Behavioral Groups for Children Manifesting ADHD and Other Disruptive Behavior Disorders | 91 | |
The Power of Positive Peer Influence: Leadership Training for Today's Teens | 119 | |
Social Skills Intervention Guide: Systematic Approaches to Social Skills Training | 137 | |
Stabilizing Classroom-Based Group Interventions: Guidelines for Special Services Providers and Consultants | 159 | |
Multicultural Issues in the Delivery of Group Interventions | 179 |