Since some students had learning difficulties and attention deficits, the use of worksheets and reading material was not going to work for this group of students. Students were easily distracted which made it harder for counselors to stick to the lesson plan. The students’ attendance was poor because they were uninterested in the program, so counselors had to make it in a way students would want to engage in each session. The problems were persistent and effected the progress of the therapy program. After a while counselors noticed a lesson plan would not work so they came up with a more flexible approach.
The therapy program was held in eight sessions, each session was 90 minutes long for 8 weeks. The sessions were split into two halves, the first half was to help students become more familiar with understanding the cognitive behavior model. This would involve students to express their thoughts between feelings and behavior, but students had a problem with this. They each had their own interpersonal issues, such as being …show more content…
This was considered to be unreliable because some students did not take the questionnaire seriously and some had reading difficulties. So they decided to conduct interviews for more qualitative data. The program still exists and has evolved over the years, with new strategies being developed and goals within the program being reached the therapy program will continue to get better, helping students to perform better in