| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Guidelines for Setting Up and Leading Groups -- Goals of the SPARK Program -- Getting Started -- Selecting Group Members -- Structure of the Groups -- Group Leaders -- Presenting the Groups to Prospective Members -- Pregroup Individual Interviews and/or Questionnaires -- Group Counseling Techniques -- Developing Trust and Understanding Confidentiality -- Building Group Cohesion -- Group Process -- Developmental Considerations -- Maintaining Order and Leader Sanity -- Uses and Parameters of Check-In and Check-Out -- Issues in Ending the Groups -- Dilemmas for Group Leaders -- Handling Issues of Child Abuse and Suicidality -- Balancing the Needs of Individual Group Members with the Requirements of the Psychoeducational Curriculum -- Dealing with Members Who Do Not Participate -- Dealing with Chronically Disruptive Members -- Parameters of the Group Leader Role -- Adapting the Curriculum for Full Classroom Use -- The SPARK Curriculum -- Overview of Module Content -- Recruitment Criteria -- Trust-Building and Communication Skills -- Anger Management and Emotion Regulation Skills -- Ethnic Identity and Anti-Prejudice -- Educational Aspirations -- Peer Pressure Bullying and Gangs -- Male-Female Relationships -- Exposure to Violence and Posttraumatic Stress Reactions -- Family Relationships -- Termination Session: The Party -- Effectiveness of SPARK Groups -- Characteristics of Participating Group Members -- Family Structure and Distress -- Exposure to Community Violence -- Outcomes of the SPARK Groups -- Time 1 and Time 2 Differences for Those in the Treatment Group -- Time 1 and Time 2 Differences for Those in the Control Group -- Comparisons between the Treatment and Control Groups -- Pilot Evaluations of New and Revised Modules in This Edition -- Information Regarding Data Analyses -- Sample Materials for Beginning SPARK Groups -- Curriculum Materials and Handouts -- Sample Materials in Spanish for Beginning SPARK Groups -- Curriculum Materials and Handouts in Spanish |
| Summary |
Engaging, activity based, and effective, this widely used group counseling curriculum (the SPARK program) is designed for flexible implementation in school or clinical settings. The program helps youth build skills for school success and social-emotional growth while exploring such crucial topics as personal goals, ethnic identity and prejudice, peer pressure, violence prevention, and family relationships. Featured are 36 reproducible handouts and forms plus Spanish-language versions of the 32 handouts in a large-size format with lay-flat binding for ease of use. New to This Edition *Revised |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 267) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Counseling in middle school education.
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Counseling in secondary education.
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Group counseling for children.
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Group counseling for teenagers.
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Problem children -- Counseling of
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Interpersonal communication in children.
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Social skills in children -- Study and teaching
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EDUCATION -- Secondary.
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Counseling in middle school education
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Counseling in secondary education
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Group counseling for children
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Group counseling for teenagers
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Interpersonal communication in children
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Problem children -- Counseling of
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Social skills in children -- Study and teaching
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Middle school
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Schulberatung
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Schüler
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Walker, Elizabeth, 1973-
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| ISBN |
9781462531059 |
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1462531059 |
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