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Chapter 12
Groups for Adolescents
Prepared by: Nathaniel N Ivers, Wake Forest
University
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Roadmap
Groups
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Adolescence
25-years-old
Groups for adolescents be life saving and life changing
Groups can help adolescents make a
successful transition from childhood to
adulthood
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Types of Groups for Adolescents
Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
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people, such as
Identity
Sexuality
Self-management
Self-advocacy
Depression
Parents
Career goals
Educational and institutional problems
(Dagley & English, 2014; DeLucia-Waack, 2006)
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Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
Counseling/Psychotherapy Groups
Tend to concentrate more on concerns
adolescents have with adults and society
Drug and alcohol use
School Problems
Deviant behavior
May be voluntary or mandated
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Constructive ways of handling adolescents’ negative feelings and resistance:
Meet with adolescents individually before
the group starts
Work with the resistance that uncooperative adolescents bring rather than fighting it
Respond to adolescents’ sarcasm or silence with honest, firm, and caring statements
(Corey et al., 2014)
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Setting Up Groups for Adolescents
Nonverbal versus verbal communication
Group structure and materials
Recruiting members and screening
Group session length and number in group
Gender and age issues
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Model appropriate behaviors
Stress importance of confidentiality
Express empathy yet are firm
Facilitate and control
Act and trust the process
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Role of the Group Leader
Feeling-focused responses
Clarifying and summarizing responses
Open-questions
Facilitative feedback
Simple acknowledgement
Linking
(Myrick, 2011)
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Advice/evaluation
Analyzing/interpreting
Reassuring/supportive
(Myrick, 2011)
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Problems in Adolescents’ Groups
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Natural environment of learning for
adolescents
Can facilitate the development of life skills
through modeling, role-playing, group
discussions, and brief lectures (Dennis-Small, 1986; Zinck
& Littrell, 2000)
Can create a sense of belonging and
generalizable learning
Provide for multiple feedback
Provide opportunities for adolescents to help out each other
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Limitations of Adolescents’ Groups
May lack appeal to motivate participants
May add pressure to conform to behaviors in which adolescents do not believe
If screening is not done with care, the groups may have poor group communication and
interaction
Legal and ethical concerns regarding parental and adolescent consent