Literature Review On Group Based Intervention

Which it should not be because not one case is the same when you look at factors involved.

This work will focus on the meaning, the five stages of Tuckman’s theory, the approaches and the uses of group work. Group work refers to a method of social work practice which is concerned with the recognition and use of processes which occur when three or more people work together towards a common purpose (Trevithick, 2005).

Track 1 residency really taught me so much about myself. We had so much time to ask questions about how to counsel people. We did some relaxing exercises, and we had the chance to learn about other people. I learned that it is important to be aware of how you are handling what you are experiencing in that very moment. This was a time to ask questions, and to learn how to ask people questions. In track 2, I hope to further enhance my skills what learning how to use the skills that I already have.

The article chosen for critique was written by Leslie Zun, Lavonne Downey and Jodi Rosen which focused on a study which was focused on a program that was designed to reduce violence recurrence based in the ED inner-city minority youth population. Patients that were involved in this study were between ages 10-24 and were victims of interpersonal violence. Patients were assigned to either a control or treatment group. Control group was only provided a list of services while treatment group received an assessment and case management services for 6 months. Both groups were compared at end of study to determine the effectiveness in reducing violence recurrence by following primary indicators of reduction of self-reported injury, arrests, and state-reported

Those Risk factors are the impact of peers, developing pathways, of aggression. We explore these factors of violence in children and adolescents with attention to the original problem of violence to describe the difficulty, unanswered questions, and clinical relevance of the current findings of peer pressure leading to aggression. Interventions, including cognitive behavioral therapy, psychopharmacological treatment, and psychosocial treatment, are reviewed with serious recognition of the need to use multiple modalities with and to expand research to define optimal treatment for, potentially violent children and adolescents. The information considered for this review focuses on violence as defined as physical aggression toward other individuals. Other studies are included with wider definitions of violence because of their relevance to assessing the potential for violent behavior. © Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2004 although arrest rates for serious violent crimes and juvenile homicides have fallen from an all-time high in the mid-1990s, many adolescents and children remain involved in aggressive delinquent and violent behaviors such as physical fighting, bullying, using weapons, verbal threats of harm to others, and chronic impulsive aggression . In 1999, juveniles accounted for 16% of all violent crime arrests, and homicides committed by youth

I believe strength and a weakness all at the same time was that I tried to provide useful information on grief but I wondered if I provided too much information and it was overwhelming for the group. I felt the information was simplified however maybe it should have been condensed into two days’ worth of material instead of four, I am not sure. I tried to use the available clip art to add some humor to a very tough subject and I am not sure if that would be considered a strength or a weakness.

I believe that using a client-centered approach is a great start to forming a group and the goals of the group. Being someone who can understand, empathize, and see the uniqueness of all members’ subjective experiences is invaluable. I believe that creating a safe, therapeutic atmosphere for the clients, is the most important aspect of being a group counselor. I believe that empathy, unconditional positive regard, and congruence is essential to the therapeutic condition and to all group therapy experiences overall. Without these components the group will not trust you and open up to the group therapist or the other group members. In addition, without actively listening to the clients you cannot and will not succeed as a group therapist. If you do not have good listening skills it will be harder for you to understand the client and to connect ideas from the past and bring them to the present appropriately. Counseling is a process that we must be patient in and we must peel away the layers to get to the real meaning of a persons story. We must ask ourselves what are the clients trying to tell us. These meanings have to be brought to the surface and the client must become aware of these meanings to understand the problem and themselves.

As I look back to the beginning of the class and recall the now laughable introduction I shared my growth during this group has been amazing. It has been amazing for several reasons to start the book and the lectures covered a lot of important information necessary for leading or co-leading a group. Although counseling in a group setting is very different from one on one therapy the theories governing the counselor’s approach is the same. I now realize theories are more that theorpuit approaches and techniques it is more of an individual’s worldview and learning to become a change agent. If one desires to be a change agent it is virtually impossible to do so without first changing or broadening the way one looks at world.

family members are undermined, and there is a tendency towards interfamilial violence, along with economic hardships, health problems, impaired social functioning, and frequent clashes with the law-enforcements authorities” (pg. 404). Because the children of addicted parents are “a population at risk,” they need support and therapeutic treatment from outside sources other than family.

After reading the book “The Theory and Practice of Group Psychotherapy”, the author Irvin D. Yalom provides a complete context of group psychotherapy standards. The specification of research, developments and topics makes this book to be rather knowledgeable. Chapter 1 consists of the therapeutic factors, chapter 5 reflects on the tasks of group therapist, and chapter 12 on the advanced group, as we will get into further detail throughout this paper on the interactional focus of group therapy. Chapter 1 covers a variety of important topics that contribute to the effectiveness of group counseling. This chapters touches base with group therapy and the effectiveness of group counseling as a form of psychotherapy.

Historical risk are static factors determined by a history of violence or nonviolent offending as well as early onset of violent behavior (citation). Other static risk factors applied to historical risks are prior supervision, suicide attempt, violence exposure in the home, and poor school achievement (citation). Contextual, individual, and protective risks all fall under dynamic risk factors and have many factors attributed to them. Contextual factors involve peer misbehavior and rejection as well as poor parental handling with a deficiency of social support and community disorder (citation). The individual factors include negative attitudes with impulse control issues, anger issues and a lack of empathy while protective factors are the opposite of both contextual and individual. According to (citation), protective factors involve a strong support socially with strong attachments and bonds as well as a positive attitude with treatment and commitment to school. These factors play a huge role in the assessment of violence amongst youth and can help to provide a deterrent for criminal behavior in the future should resources and treatment be provided properly for the

Youth/Juvenile/Adolescent’s that may be at risk becoming violent-In consideration of the taking the most powerful demographic predictors in violent criminality involve both age, and gender. Boys being in the later adolescent, or younger teenage men, are much more likely to become then girls, or even older men (Chaiken, 1998). This is something that cannot be taking lightly, and very alarming in our society.

The number of children and adolescents who suffer from anxiety have increased tremendously over the past several years. The two treatment options that can be offer to an individual dealing with anxiety is medication and therapy. Out of the two, therapy has been known to be the most effective.

As we look at society and the increasing growth of youth violence, we can agree that our local police department could be more proactive and can do more to address the problem. Parents also need to address the problems by providing a more positive environment. One problem that has been noted is that juveniles have difficulty in trusting others because of psychological and emotional effects of his or her lifestyle experiences. They too experience difficulty in meeting their goals and desires; they incline to feel worthless and tend to display anger, fear and pain. However, there are children who grow up in similar environments that have never committed a crime. “We can’t guarantee that participating in a program will prevent someone from eventually

Youth violence, while not as pronounced as in the past, is still alarmingly prevalent in modern America. Many people overlook the fact that youth violence is a serious issue because violence is usually taken in at a grand scale without age oriented scrutiny. In order to eliminate or diminish the issue of youth violence, we first need to analyze the contributing factors and causes. In criminology, it is understood that the more institutions that a particular youth is connected to, the less likely he or she will be to deviate into violence through his or her adolescence. Over 11 million children across the country are left without adult supervision afterschool in the hours between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. before their legal guardians come home. The main reason for this gap without supervision can be attributed to the limited public funding for afterschool programs. Without any positively enriching after school activities, these kids focus their energy in wasteful, unhealthy or delinquent pursuits. Instead of pouring resources into retributive justice after a delinquent commits crime or violence, it is much more efficient to focus resources into preventative systems and educational structure so that students can learn how to improve their non-violent conflict resolution skills and avoid violence before they are punished for it. Understanding this, it is safe to say that introducing more afterschool programs is the most viable prevention strategy to reduce youth violence. With the