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Submitted by Mrs. Lori Walls-Culp
The following presentation is to propose a group counseling program for students ages 9-10 (3rd grade), who struggle with anxiety during social and academic situations at school.
Third grade in Ohio includes high stakes testing along with the third grade guarantee reading requirements. Third grade is also when students transition from a primary grade level to an intermediate grade level, which typically includes more independent work and problem solving.
Anxiety is not just a disorder that affects an adolescent on the inside. It affects every aspect of their life including but not limited to their social life, friendships, family relationships, behaviors at home and school, academic success, and more.
"Anxiety disorders are among the most common mental and emotional problems in childhood and adolescence" (Wilde, 2011).
"Although certain fears and anxiety may be both normative and transient in particular developmental periods, the level of fear or anxiety in some children exceeds developmental expectations, significantly undermining functioning at home, at school, and with peers" (Knott and Kriebe, 2003; Kazdin & Weisz, 1998)
Age of members: Early adolescence; ages 9-10
Size: 6-8 members
This group will take diversity into account by discussing the attitudes of members from diverse backgrounds with the hopes of making the environment more comfortable, clearing up any misunderstandings, and developing deeper understandings of group members' cultural differences.
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Children ages 9-10 receiving individual counseling at school for anxiety will be invited to join this counseling group.
Counselors providing the individual counseling will screen and choose members based on what they observe in individual sessions.
Individuals with severe behavioral or emotional problems that would greatly interfere with the group process will not be asked to join.
Parents from this existing population will be sent a invitation to complete a survey along with notifiing them of the counseling group's creation.
1. Currently in individual counseling for anxiety
2. Parental Request
3. Possible Teacher Referral
4. Meets age requirment
The group is designed to help individuals develop an understanding of what anxiety feels like in their life, what triggers the anxiety, and increase the use of appropriate relaxation and coping mechanisms when necessary.
To provide clients with various different techniques and strategies to apply to reduce and cope with the feelings of anxiety.
To help clients understand the dynamics of their anxiety and recognize the triggers of anxiety in their everyday living.
To reduce the frequency of unproductive worry and help clients be able to identify irrational and rational thoughts.
Develop strategies to lessen the feelings of anxiety when around other people.
1. Introductions, expectations, and group format
2. What is anxiety?
3. Worry
4. Worry Brain vs. Calm Brain
Go over confidentiality
Introduce members
Establish group norms and rules
Discuss leader and member expectations
Take anxiety rating pre-group questionnaire
Together members will create a working definition of anxiety.
Anxiety symptoms experienced by members will be explored.
What does anxiety look like?
What does anxiety feel like?
Students will discuss things that they worry about.
Each Students will be given a "worry list" to check what they worry about and will add their personal worries.
Discuss how things turn from a concern to a worry
"Worry Brain vs. Calm Brain"
Using the worry list, members will identify unproductive worry brain thoughts and calm brain thoughts.
Discuss how worry brain thoughts make us feel and how calm brain thoughts make us feel.
All sessions will be held in school counselor's office
Frequency: Weekly sessions for eight weeks
Duration of Sessions: 30 minutes
1. Be respectful of others
2. Attendance
3. What is said in group, stays in group
4. Participate
Giving feedback to the counselor is important to track:
All students invited to the group will be asked to fill out this questionnaire after parental consent before the program begins.
The Skilled Group Counseling Scale
The Trainer Behavior Scale
All students invited to the group will be asked to fill out this questionnaire after the 8 weeks is complete.