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ERIC Number: EJ726362
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2004-Feb-1
Pages: 18
Abstractor: ERIC
Reference Count: 112
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0015-511X
Group Counseling for People with Physical Disabilities
Livneh, Hanoch; Wilson, Lisa M.; Pullo, Robert E.
Focus on Exceptional Children, v36 n6 p1 Feb 2004
Group counseling has been used with a wide range of people who have physical disorders including psychosomatic conditions, sensory (visual and auditory) disabilities, neuromuscular and orthopedic impairments, and life-threatening diseases. The needs and concerns of these people can be generally delineated as physical, psychological, social, vocational, financial, environmental, attitudinal, and recreational. The four modalities used most often are educational, social support, psychotherapeutic, and coping and skill training groups. Goal setting addresses affective, cognitive, and behavioral areas. Group counseling with individuals who have physical disabilities has much to offer. This article explores related issues such as: merits of group counseling; needs and concerns of people with disabilities; therapeutic factors of groups for people with disabilities; goals of group counseling; phases of group counseling for people with disabilities; strategies for group sessions; and age-specific variations.
Love Publishing Company, 9101 East Kenyon Avenue, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80237. Web site: http://www.lovepublishing.com.
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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