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Isaacs, Leslie Dashew – Social Work, 1977
Describes an art-therapy group for latency age girls which was found to be an excellent diagnostic tool in demonstrating the particular behavior that led to each child's peer-related problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Behavior Change, Children, Group Counseling

Day, Robert W. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1981
Describes a structured group activity that helps to achieve the developmental tasks in the initial stages of counseling and therapy groups. Participants make two signs to portray the individual's positive attributes or negative attributes. Describes the activity's purpose, requirements, setting, and discusses the group process. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Activities, Counseling Techniques, Group Counseling, Group Therapy

Bowman, Ted – Family Coordinator, 1976
There are few descriptions of growth experiences for total families. This paper describes one such model. It expresses the conviction that families need opportunities to come together with other families to identify strengths, sharpen communication skills, and establish goals. (Author)
Descriptors: Family Counseling, Family Involvement, Family Life, Group Counseling

Wayne, Julianne; And Others – Child Welfare, 1976
Describes the development of a groupwork program in an agency that had provided treatment through casework alone. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Caseworkers, Discussion Groups, Family Involvement

Studer, Lea H.; Reddon, John R.; Roper, Vincent; Estrada, Leonel – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1996
Evaluates the post-discharge recidivism rates of an eclectic sex offender treatment program. Study of 120 program completers and 100 noncompleters indicates significant differences in recidivism for the two groups. Results suggest that comprehensive treatment of sexual offenders can substantially reduce sexual as well as nonsexual offense…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Criminals, Group Counseling, Group Therapy

Authier, Jerry; Fix, A. James – Small Group Behavior, 1977
Step-group therapy is a program designed to help adult impatients increase their interpersonal communications skills. Using microcounseling formats, psychiatric patients have been taught the skills of eye contact, verbal following, relaxed pasture and eventually, the use of feedback and self-disclosure. (Author)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Group Counseling, Group Therapy, Interaction Process Analysis
Thompson, Nikki; Renninger, Salina – Directions in Mental Health Counseling, 1995
Counseling survivors of sexual abuse requires acknowledgment of the legitimacy of the client's ego defenses while helping the client abandon those defenses which have become obstacles to leading a fulfilling life. Such defenses may also impede the therapeutic process, as survivors are less likely to trust other people. Clients can arrive at a…
Descriptors: Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counselors, Group Counseling

Sklare, Gerald; And Others – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1996
Examines the issues surrounding counseling students' participation in personal growth groups and describes a model that maximizes student's experiential participation while safeguarding their right to privacy and informed consent. Addresses important ethical issues that arise when an instructor is also a group leader, and other issues of concern.…
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counseling Techniques, Counselor Educators, Counselor Training

Michel, Jane; Blitstein, Sheldon – Child Welfare, 1979
Summarizes the design and effects of a group therapy project using videotape feedback with seriously disturbed adolescents. Offers anecdotal evidence that the feedback facilitated the correction of the participants' distorted body images, low self-esteem, lack of capacity for self-observation, and poor peer relationships. (SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Emotional Disturbances, Feedback, Group Counseling
Kaczkowski, Henry – 1981
A basic problem in preparing group counseling leaders is providing an instructional program which gives both information about group work and experience in leading groups. The Structured Counseling Role Interpersonal Phased Transactions (SCRIPT) format attempts to reduce this problem. Frequently, students are required or expected to participate in…
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Experiential Learning, Group Counseling, Group Dynamics

Stockton, Rex; Toth, Paul L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1996
Examines the literature on group instruction that provides the foundation for instructional models proposed by recognized authorities in the field and based on professional association standards. Suggests ways both for translating this knowledge into effective training strategies and for maximizing instruction at the university level. (RJM)
Descriptors: Counseling Psychology, Counselor Educators, Counselor Training, Group Counseling
Page, Richard C. – 1974
The implementation of a drug treatment center in a prison environment is described. Such topics as the program initiation, selection of residents, early program operation are discussed. Program activities such as regular group counseling and rational therapy were developed to assist residents in the resolution of personal problems and interactions…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Correctional Institutions, Drug Abuse
Bailey, Ralph E.; Kackley, John C. – 1977
The prevention and resolution of student behavior problems were the goals of the Positive Alternatives to Student Suspensions (PASS) Program involving schools in Pinellas County, Florida. Workshops for staff and administrators aimed toward creating a humanized caring school. Classroom activities attempted to create situations in which students and…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Discipline Problems, Educational Research, Group Counseling