Every year thousands of teenage girls are admitted to hospitals, psychiatric facilities and different types organizations to treat the mental illness of eating disorders. The group that we would like to propose is an outpatient group for teenage females with eating disorders. The group would be called Evolution because the teenagers in the group would be making such and impact on their lives and their families’ lives by receiving treatment that it would feel like an evolution. Although there are several different types of eating disorders we would not be specific in addressing those disorders specifically. We would address eating disorder as a whole. In order to be eligible for the group the teenagers would have to meet four specific criteria
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Week one would be introduction and a health assessment. The assessment would be place the group members in a category based on the severity of their illness. The category would range from 1- 10 with 10 being the most severe. Week two would consist of listening to testimonies, educating the members through videos and PowerPoint slides. Since we are targeting teenage females we want to try and refrain from trying to get the females to read anything to make sure that we have their attention. After the media presentation we would discuss the video and power point to see if they understood the presentation. Week three would consist of role-play. I would have each member of the group to pair up in teams of three people and perform a short play of how they think their life should be. I think that this would be very beneficial because even though the role play seems so far off from target a mental illness it will allow the group members to bond and give the social worker a better assessment of how the group members think. For example if one group conduct a play with the protagonist completing a tryout and becoming a cheerleader, the social can make a assessment that the teenage is looking for social acceptance. If another group conducts a role-play where the protagonist is playing with friends. An assessment that the social
Week one would be introduction and a health assessment. The assessment would be place the group members in a category based on the severity of their illness. The category would range from 1- 10 with 10 being the most severe. Week two would consist of listening to testimonies, educating the members through videos and PowerPoint slides. Since we are targeting teenage females we want to try and refrain from trying to get the females to read anything to make sure that we have their attention. After the media presentation we would discuss the video and power point to see if they understood the presentation. Week three would consist of role-play. I would have each member of the group to pair up in teams of three people and perform a short play of how they think their life should be. I think that this would be very beneficial because even though the role play seems so far off from target a mental illness it will allow the group members to bond and give the social worker a better assessment of how the group members think. For example if one group conduct a play with the protagonist completing a tryout and becoming a cheerleader, the social can make a assessment that the teenage is looking for social acceptance. If another group conducts a role-play where the protagonist is playing with friends. An assessment that the social