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Direct linkSteen, Sam – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2009
This article describes a group counseling intervention promoting academic achievement and ethnic identity development for twenty fifth grade African American elementary students. The Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) scores of students participating in the treatment group improved significantly over those in the control group. Implications…
Descriptors: African American Students, Ethnicity, Group Counseling, Grade 5
Khattab, Nancy; Jones, Cathy P. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
The early years of school provide opportunities for active learning, including developing habits of resiliency and perceptions of self-worth. Girls in particular may be at risk for developing negative self-perceptions. This article presents a pilot group (psychoeducational and counseling) designed to educate members about pre-adolescent…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Active Learning, Self Concept, Females
Flahive, Mon-hsin Wang; Ray, Dee – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
The effectiveness of group sandtray therapy, a model of play therapy, was evaluated using a pretest-posttest control group design with 56 preadolescents exhibiting behavioral difficulties. The experimental group (n = 28) received sandtray therapy in small groups for 10 weeks while the wait-list control group (n = 28) received no treatment. Results…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Play, Group Counseling
Molina, Bogusia; Brigman, Greg; Rhone, Angela – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
A multicultural model for children in Grades K through 5 to foster skills needed for success is presented. The learning, living, and working (LLW) group work model focuses on three skill sets identified by multiple researchers over the past 30 years as necessary for success in school, relationships, and work. These three skill sets--learning…
Descriptors: Story Grammar, Service Learning, Play, Academic Achievement
Akos, Patrick; Martin, Megan – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2003
School counselors can use groups as an effective and efficient means of helping students. Psychoeducational groups provide information and build skills to help prepare students for developmental tasks. As students complete elementary school, these preadolescents face the challenging tasks of moving to middle school and beginning puberty. School…
Descriptors: School Counselors, Peer Influence, Puberty, Developmental Tasks
Geroski, Anne M.; Kraus, Kurt L. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2002
Concepts of process and content as they apply to psychoeducational group work in schools are explored in this study. Eight scholars in the field of group work defined and identified instances of process and content in psychoeducational groups. Content analysis and descriptive statistics were used to analyze these data. The culmination of this…
Descriptors: Definitions, Content Analysis, Group Counseling, Grade 5
