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Children who are labeled at-risk often suffer from severe deficiencies in cognitive, affective, and behavioral skills that, if unaddressed, may lead to limited prospects for future success and well-being. Tapping into the therapeutic potential of groups, this volume presents the theory and practice of cognitive-oriented group-centered counseling – combining intrinsic motivation, efficacy retraining, and targeted play therapy and social role-playing – that can be implemented to help children build core social skills and emotional regulation to complement their classroom instruction. In addition to providing a complete framework for developing, facilitating, and evaluating group interventions with children in their natural learning environments, Group Interventions in Schools: Offers observational exercises to assist readers in gaining a deeper understanding of how group interventions work; Provides both the theory and research that supports real-world group-based motivational interventions; Explains how and why group-centered interventions support children's psychological adjustment and bolster their academic achievement; Analyzes how efficacy retraining works, specifically in chang

Author

Elaine Clanton Harpine

Publisher

Springer US

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780387773155

Subjects

Psychology, Education, Science