Promote connection and support among adolescents in a group work setting!

Adolescence is a time when the peer group takes primacy, making group work the treatment of choice. Group work fosters support, mutuality, and connection. It can address a myriad of issues including grief and loss, addiction, depression, anxiety, bullying, sexuality, and health problems. During this one-hour webinar, we will discuss information related to the age-specific tasks and needs of adolescents and how to address them in a group work setting.

Course Content

Adolescent developmental factors
•Tasks in middle adolescence
•Tasks in late adolescence
Types of group processes and how they resonate with adolescents
•Interactional group factors
•Mutual aid processes
•Task/work groups
•Psychoeducational/guidance groups
•Counseling groups
•Therapy groups
Group work as a protective factor for adolescents
•Find a valued place in a constructive group
•Learn how to form close, durable human relationships
•Feel a sense of worth as a person
•Achieve a reliable basis for making informed choices
•Know how to use support systems available to them
•Express constructive curiosity and exploratory behavior
•Find ways of being useful to others
•Effectively builds support, mutuality, and connection among members
Group stages
• Preaffiliation
• Power and control
• Intimacy
• Differentiation