The Emotional Growth of Teens
How Group Counseling Intervention Works for Schools
By (author) William L. Fibkins
Publication date:
10 April 2014Length of book:
126 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersDimensions:
228x154mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9781475807196
This book is designed as a nuts and bolts guide for school counselors. Fibkins highlights for secondary school counselors the "how’s" and "why’s" for using group counseling intervention to help the increasing numbers of troubled teenagers. Group counseling intervention is ideally suited to reach many more students than one-on-one counseling, and it offers busy counselors a positive way to maximize their outreach services. This book contains specific steps in developing a successful group program that comes to the aid of troubled teens and, in the process, helps create a school environment where students can learn, teachers can teach, administrators can lead, and parents can learn how to better help their children.
As a former high school and middle school principal, I understand how our school counselors are faced with a daily challenge of meeting the ever-increasing needs of our students. A 300+ student counseling load, although not recommended, is usually the norm. The only credible way of servicing a diverse population today with all of the increased state and federal mandates, coupled with the difficult and complicated needs of today's student, is to develop and implement a sound group counseling program. The Emotional Growth of Teens should be on every counselor's bookshelf. This book can serve as the template and guide for the implementation of a sound student-centered counseling program.