School psychologists, counselors, and educators in the K-12 setting face the daunting responsibility of finding balance between mandated testing, students mental-health concerns, and additional academic help for at-risk students. One solution to this dilemma is to implement a school-based mental health approach that combines learning and counseling needs into a single program. Several types of successful programs are available, though week-long intensive programs have recently increased in popularity.
Group-Centered Prevention Programs for At-Risk Studentsfocuses on the...
School psychologists, counselors, and educators in the K-12 setting face the daunting responsibility of finding balance between mandated testing, s...
Every year countless children succumb to the labels of failure or at risk of failure as they struggle in the classroom. My research, stretching over the past five years from Dallas to the Bronx, shows that group-centered interventions may hold the key to restoring children to psychologically healthy adjustment and classroom success. This book will present the theory that underlies group-centered counseling interventions and discuss research substantiating such prevention programs. The book will include hands-on, short-term, ready-to-use group-centered motivational interventions that...
Every year countless children succumb to the labels of failure or at risk of failure as they struggle in the classroom. My research, stretching ove...
After-School Prevention Programs for At-Risk Students offers professionals a detailed framework for developing and enhancing after-school programs. Emphasizing a prevention focus and a group-centered interactive approach, the book's year-long model combines education and counseling, incorporating key therapeutic objectives to foster academic and behavior skills and reduce problems in and outside class. Practical step-by-step guidelines for creating and implementing programs include clear rationales, instructive design and case examples, and ready-to-use interventions. The author also provides...
After-School Prevention Programs for At-Risk Students offers professionals a detailed framework for developing and enhancing after-school programs. Em...
This book examines prevention groups by addressing both the theoretical principles underlying group-centered prevention and the techniques needed to train scientist-practitioners and clinicians to conduct such groups. It describes group-centered prevention in three different settings: health, school, and family counseling. Opening with a definition of group-centered prevention, the book examines the theoretical principles on which group-centered prevention is built. Group-centered prevention combines learning and counseling into the same group program. In addition, the book provides...
This book examines prevention groups by addressing both the theoretical principles underlying group-centered prevention and the techniques needed to t...
This Brief provides the theoretical foundation of the Camp Sharigan program, while discussing its practical applications and summarizing research studies. It addresses the question often raised in literature and in school-based settings: What is the most effective way to teach children to read? Chapters explore a group-centered approach to correcting reading failure and offers research-based field studies to demonstrate the success of the Camp Sharigan method. The group-centered theory combines learning and counseling into the same program to strengthen education and mental health. In...
This Brief provides the theoretical foundation of the Camp Sharigan program, while discussing its practical applications and summarizing research stud...
