Summarizes the journal's theme issue on school-based group interventions designed to promote students' social and academic success. Information is organized to assist service providers in utilizing this modality. Contributors share intervention techniques, with particular consideration given to multicultural influences on group interventions and…

Presents a time-limited support group intervention. The model, based on the notion that children of divorce frequently encounter specific divorce-engendered stresses during and after a divorce, focuses on commonly occurring stressors, normalizes children's reactions to them, acknowledges and articulates painful feelings, and offers coping…

Gives an overview of a center's efforts to provide group support for grieving children. Discusses the grief process, how children of various ages express grief, and major themes in children's grief. Offers details on establishing grief support groups, including information on group structure, preparation, format, and suggestions for sessions. (RJM)

Provides an overview of issues special services providers should consider as these providers review options for services. An array of factors affecting the planning and implementation of group interventions with school-aged children is reviewed. Available alternatives for group interventions and guidelines for selecting, implementing, and…

Analyzes the process of moving a group-based, teacher-led group intervention from the implementation phase to the institutionalization phase. Describes structures that implementers can establish to help operationalize the guidelines; illustrates structures using case examples, with emphasis on a special education setting serving an urban,…

Presents a model for school-based, cognitive-behavioral groups for children manifesting problem behaviors. Discusses key aspects of organizational readiness to conduct this type of program, particularly the importance of having the support of the children's classroom teachers. Describes the child group format and content, including recommended…

Describes a prevention program, the Peer Group Connection (PGC), which uses peer influence to help teenagers cope with the problems associated with becoming adults. Discusses peer leadership training, the goals and objectives of PGC, teacher selection and training, student leader training, and also provides evaluations of the program. (RJM)

Describes social skills training procedures that can be used in group formats. Procedures provide a systematic approach to teaching social skills to children between the ages of 6 and 16 years. Presents a system for classifying social skills deficits based on acquisition/performance deficits and presence/absence of interfering problem behaviors.…

Reviews how students' ethnicity shapes the goals of preventive interventions, the methods of program implementation, and program impact. Argues that workers must examine the underlying assumptions that guide definitions of social competence and methods of behavior change in intervention programs. Programs should be tailored for each ethnic group…