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Achieving School Success Through Groups website: www.ncscapresentation.weebly.com

Achieving School Success Through Groups website: www.ncscapresentation.weebly.com. Presented by: Carol Walsh, NBPTS Tana Morrow, NBPTS Jeannie Stinson Kim Forester, NBPTS Amber Falise, NBPTS Candidate. Elementary Counseling Group Building Friendships.

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  1. Achieving School Success Through Groupswebsite: www.ncscapresentation.weebly.com Presented by: Carol Walsh, NBPTS Tana Morrow, NBPTS Jeannie Stinson Kim Forester, NBPTS Amber Falise, NBPTS Candidate

  2. Elementary Counseling GroupBuilding Friendships • Essential Standards: EEE.SE.2, EEE.SE.3 • Classroom Counseling Lesson • Rationale: friendship skills & increase vocabulary • Grades 4 and 5 • Duration: 40-45 minutes • Based on this lesson developed groups on patience, sportsmanship, and listening • Lesson Plan

  3. Elementary Counseling GroupBuilding Friendships • Materials • Read: Bad Apple – A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway • Friendship Qualities Activity (ASCA resources)

  4. Elementary Counseling GroupBuilding Friendships • Procedures • Students completed Friendship Qualities checklist • Students created classroom word clouds @ ABCya.com

  5. Examples of word clouds… Qualities in a friend (5D) Qualities in a self (5D) Qualities in a friend (5W) Qualities in self (5W)

  6. Elementary Counseling GroupBuilding Friendships Self-created word cloud

  7. Elementary Counseling GroupBuilding Friendships • Evaluation • Verbalize characteristics of a good friend • Students will create a word cloud • Follow Up • Individual small groups based on needs/friendship skills

  8. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Background info: initial grant for Legos (can use anything) • Essential Standards • EEE.SE.1, EEE.SE. 2, EEE.SE. 3, EEE.C.1, EEE.CR.1, EEE.CR.2 • Group Formation • Rationale: social/emotional & career development • Selection process: 3rd grade boys • Size & duration of group: All 3rd grade boys, 30 min. once/month, entire school year • Invitation

  9. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Initial Stage • Clarify expectations: Guidelines for Construction Site! Career Topic

  10. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Transition Stage • If conflicts arise they are dealt with in a classroom guidance lesson • Monitor for participation • Working Stage • A career is discussed, students make a creation…

  11. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Working Stage (cont.) • Shake hands & say “Good Job” Teams at work… Robotics engineering group…

  12. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Evaluation • Completed project • Giving/receiving feedback Sharing the robot this team created…

  13. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Evaluation • “What I learned today….”

  14. Elementary Counseling Group:Lego Group Construction Crew • Evaluation • Teacher Feedback • “The third grade boys group is a good motivational group for my boys. All of the boys are excited and motivated to do well in order to have the opportunity to attend. The boys seem very united after attending the group with their classmates.” -Ms. Vivona • “Lego groups have been very beneficial to my students. It is a good motivator for the boys in my class to have good behavior. They enjoy going. I believe that it also teaches team building and working together. I just wish we could have it more often.” -Ms. Johnson

  15. Middle School Counseling Group:Skills for Success • Essential Standards: Linked to Lesson Plans (see website) • Group Formation • Purpose: listening skills, character, and decision making as it relates to being successful in school and beyond • 7th girls • Duration: 30-45 minutes/week for 9 weeks • Invitation • Parent letter • Permission slip form

  16. Middle School Counseling Group:Skills for Success • Materials • Grab Bag Guidance: And Other Small-Group Counseling Topics for Middle School Students by Becky Kirby (MAR*CO Products) • Lesson Plan • Session 1Energizer 1 & Energizer 2 • Session 2Energizer 3 • Session 6 Energizer 7

  17. Middle School Counseling Group:Skills for Success • Orientation • Group introductions • Group purpose • Group rules & expectations • confidentiality

  18. Middle School Counseling Group:Skills for Success • Session Content • Activity depends on sessions • Success sheet • Goals Worksheet & Specific Subject Goals • Evaluation • Completed activities

  19. High School Counseling Group:Teen Pregnancy Group: Deciding Your Future • Essential Standards: I.C.1 & I.CR.3 • Group Formation • Tie group topics to most frequent presenting problems • Share your plans for group counseling with all stakeholders • Selection process – referrals from staff, nurse and self • Size and duration – 12 girls contacted; 8 students/6wks • Tie to mission of school

  20. High School Counseling Group:Teen Pregnancy Group: Deciding Your Future • Group Formation (cont.) • Plan to show how students are different as a result of your group • Existing data such as grades, test scores, attendance, drop-out rates • Conduct pre-group interviews • Inform students of nature of group, time and commitment • Counseling/student confidentiality • Invite parents/obtain permission forms

  21. High School Counseling Group:Teen Pregnancy Group: Deciding Your Future • Topics for Sessions • Session 1: Establish Group Rules • Confidentiality, right to pass during group discussions, being respectful of the opinions of others • Get Acquainted activity • Session 2: Believing in Yourself • Deciding Your Future activity

  22. High School Counseling Group:Teen Pregnancy Group: Deciding Your Future • Session 3: Establish Goals • How goals affect your future/child’s future • The Three W’s of Goals activity • Session 4: Making Good Decisions • Plans you make for continuing your education will be very important to your life and your baby • Brainstorm, learn all you can, make plans • Five Steps to Making Good Decisions Model

  23. High School Counseling Group:Teen Pregnancy Group: Deciding Your Future • Session 5: Take Action • What concerns do you have about pregnancy, parenthood, and education? • Write Action Plan • Give each other feedback • Session 6: Closure/Evaluation • Teen mother presentations • Evaluation

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