Group a counseling specialty 7e pearson by t gladding chapter 11
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Chapter 11
Groups for Children
Prepared by: Nathaniel N. Ivers, Wake Forest
University
Groups: A Counseling Specialty, 7e
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Roadmap
Group Work with Children
Types of Groups for Children
Setting up Groups for Children
Role of Leaders in Children’s Groups
Strengths and Limitations of Children’s Groups
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Group Work with Children
Children may benefit from groups as much if not more than other age
groups
Group work with children (children under age 14) requires a special
knowledge of child development and group theory
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Types of Groups for Children
Group Guidance for Elementary/Middle School Children
Group Counseling Within the Schools
Group Guidance and Counseling in Community Settings
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Group Guidance
Common topics:
Prevention and wellness (Villalba, 2007)
Subject areas, such as personal or mental health or cooperation with peers
Career development or self-exploration
May revolve around activities, and may be called activity group guidance
(Hillman & Reunion, 1978)
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Group Counseling Within the
Schools
Provides the following:
A structure for students to give and receive
feedback from each other
A place for students to practice new skills
in a safe place
An opportunity for students to
communicate thoughts and feelings with
one another and share common
experiences (Falco & Bauman, 2014)
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Group Counseling Within the
Schools
Usually takes one of three approaches in dealing with persons and
problems:
Crisis-Centered
Problem-Centered
Growth-Centered
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Groups in Community Settings
Do not differ substantially from groups conducted within schools
Community groups are usually more homogenous than groups within
schools
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Samuel Gladding
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Setting Up Groups for Children
Questions to answer before the group begins:
What medium will be most used in group
communication?
What structure will be employed?
What materials will be used in the group?
How will group members be recruited and
screened?
How long will group sessions meet?
How many children will be in the group?
What will the gender mix be?
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Samuel Gladding
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Role of the Leader in Children’s
Groups
Teaching Facilitator (Guidance groups)
Leaders of children’s guidance and psychoeducational groups influence
what happens by the way they arrange the chairs (Myrick, 2011)
Row formation
Circle arrangement
Semicircle arrangement
Fishbowl
Discussion teams
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Samuel Gladding
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Strengths of Group Guidance
Allows counselors/group leaders to see a large number of students in a
brief amount of time
Allows counselors/group leaders to use inside (teachers) and outside
(community personnel) resources to help children learn to help themselves
Promotes security, comfort, peer interaction, and problem-solving
(Myrick, 2011)
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Samuel Gladding
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Limitations of Group Guidance
May be too impersonal at times
May prohibit general discussion or exploration of certain subjects
May stereotype the counselor as a presenter of knowledge and inhibit
counselor spontaneity
(Myrick, 2011)
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Samuel Gladding
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Strengths of Group Counseling
More efficient than individual counseling
More realistic than individual counseling
Allows group members to share with one another and learn through peer
modeling and feedback
Promotes support, acceptance, relaxation, risk-taking, and resources for
involved members
May free counselor to make strategic intervention with members of the
group
(Myrick, 2011)
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Samuel Gladding
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Weakness of Group Counseling
Takes more time to develop trust and closeness
More difficult to safeguard confidentiality
More difficult to include all members actively in
group discussions and activities
More difficult to organize group counseling
activities
Requires leaders and members to be sensitive
to topics that are inappropriate for the group
Requires group members to be aware of and
counteract nonproductive behaviors
(Myrick, 2011)
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Samuel Gladding
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