This is a brief description of a successful small scale team approach to helping failing students. Success is attributed to providing low achievers with special attention, and high achievers with a creative outlet for their intellectual energies. (CJ)

Counseling outcomes are more positive, among juvenile delinquents, when specific efforts are made to focus on the client's principal sources of concern. (CJ)

Describes several types of "growth groups", established at Bowling Green University in effort to maximize personal development of interested students and staff. (CJ)

Group participation enables individual to alter goals and attitudes while maintaining status. Counselor acts as a guide in facilitating group and individual development. (CJ)

Describes a group counseling approach that used the strengths of children by involving group participants in the creation and production of a sound filmstrip. The filmstrip tells the story of separation and divorce from the child's point of view. Discusses benefits to participants in the program. (Author)

Describes the circle group, a highly structured approach used to explore a theme for problem solving, personal growth, and teaching a specific personal growth system. The circle group is recommended for people who are basically mentally healthy. It may include group chanting, sharing of concerns and feedback. (JAC)

Discusses the psychosocial impact of cancer on patients and families. Notes that group treatment is especially effective because of curative factors intrinsic to group experience, e.g., installation of hope, universality, and cohesiveness, that allow group members to lower their defensiveness and deal more adaptively with emotional and…

Investigated the effectiveness of communication training in treating marital discord for conjoint and conjoint group modalities. Results showed that conjoint couples (N=16) improved on five of seven outcome variables, while conjoint group couples (N=13) improved on two. One-year follow-up showed substantial reduction in treatment gains. (WAS)

The study examined the effects of two group counseling approaches--social skills and relaxation training--on 46 learning disabled (LD) first and second graders' self-concept and on their in-class behavior, as assessed by their teachers. (Author)

Describes a workshop model designed to make participants aware of several important concepts related to stress and stress management. Questions discussed in group format seek to identify sources of stress and methods of coping. Advantages of the workshop model are noted and a team approach is suggested. (RC)

Examined the effects on self-actualization of CETA supervisors who participated in a Rational Behavioral Training (RBT) group. The Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) was administered to experimental and control groups before and after the group. Results indicated the RBT experience enabled participants to move toward self-actualization. (RC)

Classified verbal interventions used by group counselors (N=14) in ongoing group counseling sessions with predelinquent juveniles. Results revealed that, of the 12 skills rated by the Counseling Skills Ratings Scale, three (questioning, information giving, and restatement) accounted for two-thirds of verbal interventions used by counselors.…

Studied the effectiveness of a Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) program for parents of elementary school students. Results indicated parents in the experimental group were more accepting of children's feelings and behavior, and children were trusted more as individuals after the treatment. (JAC)

Reports on a marriage preparation program using a small discussion-group format and pre- and postwedding sessions, emphasizing communication patterns and conflict resolution. Evaluation shows that spouses in such a program are less likely to engage in destructive conflict with each other, and that spouses would seek assistance in solving problems.…