PROCEDURES The group serves as a stable, predictable, “safe” place for military adolescents as they are transitioning into a new living community and school.
While the group leaders will provide the support and counseling on these service: The qualifications of the group members are as follows;
• Age: 14-17 Years old • Military family oriented
• Must be enrolled in a nearby school • Lived 1 year or less in the community
The qualifications of the group leaders are as follows;
• Enrolled in MS Rehabilitation Counseling, Bsc. Psychology
• Task/work group, Psycho-educational and psychotherapy group, peer counseling, workshops in healthy lifestyles, sexual responsibility and dealing with stress
Recruitment Possible group participants …show more content…
Potential participants will be given an opportunity to discuss their expectations of such a group, including any issues or concerns. The counselor will disclose the intended nature of the group, his or hers own personal experience related to military or counseling and personal desire for facilitating a military group. The screening process is important for both the participant and the counselor. It allows teenagers to make an informed choice in deciding whether or not to join. It also provides the counselor with a chance to control group dynamics to some extent. The counselor will assemble a group composed of members whose needs are compatible with the group and whose well-being will not be jeopardized by the group experience. In addition, the counselor may seek members with varying degrees of personality (i.e. extroverted and introverted) and different levels of motivation (i.e. identity confusion and identity acceptance). Chosen members will be given a consent form, which there legal guardian must sign provide consent to join the group. Given the sensitive nature of mental status and regarding potential risks of obtaining parental consent, counselor will utilize individual consent forms and each guardian that signed a consent form must attend the first …show more content…
The group leader will continue to open and close sessions. However, members will be primarily responsible for generating the focus of group discussions. Anticipated topics may include issues such as applicability, pros- and cons of transitioning into a new community and new school, Combat and operational stress, suicide prevention and recovery-related issues, connecting to community resources. The leader will utilize journal writing, music or craft activities and biblio-therapy that relate to member issues (assign at the end of each session and use as connection into the action phase of that
While the group leaders will provide the support and counseling on these service: The qualifications of the group members are as follows;
• Age: 14-17 Years old • Military family oriented
• Must be enrolled in a nearby school • Lived 1 year or less in the community
The qualifications of the group leaders are as follows;
• Enrolled in MS Rehabilitation Counseling, Bsc. Psychology
• Task/work group, Psycho-educational and psychotherapy group, peer counseling, workshops in healthy lifestyles, sexual responsibility and dealing with stress
Recruitment Possible group participants …show more content…
Potential participants will be given an opportunity to discuss their expectations of such a group, including any issues or concerns. The counselor will disclose the intended nature of the group, his or hers own personal experience related to military or counseling and personal desire for facilitating a military group. The screening process is important for both the participant and the counselor. It allows teenagers to make an informed choice in deciding whether or not to join. It also provides the counselor with a chance to control group dynamics to some extent. The counselor will assemble a group composed of members whose needs are compatible with the group and whose well-being will not be jeopardized by the group experience. In addition, the counselor may seek members with varying degrees of personality (i.e. extroverted and introverted) and different levels of motivation (i.e. identity confusion and identity acceptance). Chosen members will be given a consent form, which there legal guardian must sign provide consent to join the group. Given the sensitive nature of mental status and regarding potential risks of obtaining parental consent, counselor will utilize individual consent forms and each guardian that signed a consent form must attend the first …show more content…
The group leader will continue to open and close sessions. However, members will be primarily responsible for generating the focus of group discussions. Anticipated topics may include issues such as applicability, pros- and cons of transitioning into a new community and new school, Combat and operational stress, suicide prevention and recovery-related issues, connecting to community resources. The leader will utilize journal writing, music or craft activities and biblio-therapy that relate to member issues (assign at the end of each session and use as connection into the action phase of that