For guidance counselors, social workers, nurses and others who work closely with elementary students troubled by problems of divorce, this unique new resource presents 12 ready-to-use, school-tested group sessions with background information and reproducible materials to help children who are struggling to cope with and accept changes in their families. The sessions are preceded by guidelines for establishing divorce groups, ideas for beginning and ending each session, suggestions for responding to the confusion children may express, and case studies with actual examples of the children's questionnaires and artwork. Each of the 12 group sessions provides ready-to-use lesson plans and reproducible activity sheets that can be copied as many times as needed: general background on divorce, why parents marry and divorce, changes, two houses, feeling angry, feeling guilty, the grieving process, legal issues, stepparenting, a happy marriage, review, achieving closure.

This book provides 100+ creative activities for helping the child and the problem. In individual counselling with children, we need to connect with the child, gather information about the child and their needs, explore the problem, implement and create a plan together, and then assess if the plan is working. Various contact forms, referrals, feedback forms, and information gathering activities are included along with activities to assist in understanding and dealing with the problem. In addition, creative activities are shared to deal with specific problem areas of: Feelings; Self-Concept; Friendship; Academic Support; Behavior; Divorce; and Death.

Will it happen again, Mama? After the Ant Hill School is destroyed, a little boy ant is afraid to go back to school. His mom caringly explains to him that sometimes things happen in life over which we have no control, but we have to find a way to keep living and growing. To do that, "We breathe in and breathe out, and hold onto each other. We shed a lot of tears, and we love one another. We all come together as a strong team of ONE, and then we rebuild, and get things done!" The Ant Hill Disaster thoughtfully addresses fears associated with both natural and man-caused disasters. It models effective parenting and teaching responses. This book can help assure children that through love, empathetic understanding, preparation, and effective communication, they can stand strong, even in the midst of uncontrollable events.

This book provides readers with direction on how to organize psychoeducational groups while also helping them enhance skills for effectively leading such groups—all in one comprehensive volume! Offering an applied, pragmatic approach, author Janice L. DeLucia-Waack uniquely integrates research and practice to suggest valuable leadership strategies while addressing special issues such as children of divorce, anger management, bullying behaviors, and much more.

Accompanying CD-ROM contains the same title as book.