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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2015
Three-quarters of the world come from collectivistic group-oriented cultures. As the world becomes more globalized it is inevitable that group counseling will be a major choice of healing and psychological intervention internationally. However, a review of scholarly articles from "The Journal for Specialists in Group Work" and…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Group Counseling, Intervention, Counseling Techniques
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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2011
This article discusses post-disaster group counseling and group supervision using a social justice orientation for working with post-disaster survivors from underserved populations. The Disaster Cross-Cultural Counseling model is a culturally responsive group counseling model that infuses social justice into post-disaster group counseling and…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Supervision, Group Counseling, Natural Disasters
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Steen, Sam; Bemak, Fred – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2008
Nine ninth graders at risk of school failure participated in a supportive group counseling intervention. Students' GPA in the treatment group did not significantly improve when compared to a control group. Additionally, the treatment group completed the Critical Incidents Questionnaire (CIQ) at the conclusion of the intervention, and a follow-up…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Intervention, Grade Point Average, At Risk Students
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Bemak, Fred; Chung, Rita Chi-Ying – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2004
The demographics in the United States are rapidly changing. Despite these well-documented shifts in ethnicity and race, there remain gaps in the research, practice, and training that address relevant multicultural issues in group counseling. This article addresses the challenges in incorporating multicultural issues in training group counselors,…
Descriptors: Group Counseling, Multicultural Education, Counselor Training, Counseling Techniques
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Conyne, Robert K.; Bemak, Fred – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2004
We argue in this article that group work is a distinct methodology that rests upon a unique conceptual base. We suggest that an ecological perspective fits group work especially well, since it encompasses a comprehensive, interdependent, and contextual orientation. Teaching strategies addressing Best Practices in Group Work (ASGW, 1998) are…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Groups, Group Dynamics
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Bemak, Fred; Epp, Lawrence R. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 1996
Proposes love as a curative factor in group psychotherapy. Transference within a group may originate with needs and desires for love. By unmasking transference, subsequent healing may arise from a process of mourning in which group members recognize how their projection of past love onto other group members and onto the psychotherapist is…
Descriptors: Emotional Development, Group Counseling, Group Therapy, Love