SMALL GROUP COUNSELING TOPICS:

 

FRIENDSHIP 

                              OBJECTIVES:

                              1. To learn how others perceive one's self.

                              2. To practice appropriate ways of dealing with peer relationships.

                              3. To explore alternate ways of dealing with unsatisfactory peer
                              relationships.

                              4. To experience how it feels to be left out.

                              5. To discuss prejudice and how it affects others.
 
 

CHANGING FAMILIES
                              (DIVORCE/SEPARATION)

                              OBJECTIVES:

                              1. To discuss realistically facts about divorce/separation.

                              2. To share, identify and accept one's feelings about divorce/separation.

                              3. To recognize and cope with situations and difficulties relating to
                              divorce/separation.

                              4. To develop positive personal relationships among family and friends.

                              5. To interact with and support other children who are experiencing
                              divorce/separation.
 
 

ORGANIZATION

                              OBJECTIVES:

                              1. To help students identify strengths and weaknessess related to organization.

                              2. To help students deevelop skills necessary to organize their workspace and materials.

                              3. To help students develop time management techniques.

  
 

GRIEF (DEATH)

                              OBJECTIVES :

                              1. To provide students with facts regarding death and dying.

                              2. To explain death as a part of the cycle of life.

                              3. To provide the opportunity in a secure environment for students to as
                              questions and share experience about death.

                              4. To clarify and accept one's own feelings about death.
 
 

ANGER MANAGEMENT

                              OBJECTIVES:

                              1. To identify anger as a normal, healthy emotion experienced by
                              everyone.

                              2. To identify the kinds of situations which generally provoke anger in
                             one's self and how one typically deals with it.

                              3. To understand that there are appropriate and inappropriate ways of
                              dealing with anger.

                              4. To identify the consequences which follow the inappropriate
                              expression of anger in a a school or home setting.

                              5. To practice alternate appropriate ways of expressing anger which do
                              not hurt anyone or anything.
 
 

DEPLOYMENT

                              OBJECTIVES :

                              1. To recognize and express one's own feelings.

                              2. Discover the various reactions to deployment.

                              3. Develop strategies to cope with situation.

                              

LIVING IN A GIRL'S WORLD

OBJECTIVES:

      1.      Develop a positive attitude toward self

2.      Respect alternative points of view

3.      Learn how to make and keep friends

4.      Identify personal strengths and assets

5.      Provide an opportunity to discuss issues facing girls

6.      Provide effective problem solving techniques


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