Structure Of The Group : What Type Of Group Are You Proposing?

Does the group identify upcoming actions or events that will be important to the group? Are members asked to do anything in the near future? What are the group's priorities? Do they have a legislative agenda? Are there current bills in Congress connected to the group's interests? Is there any action at a state rather than federal level? Be specific in your responses

Members of the group will meet for one hour every Tuesdays and Thursdays. Meeting twice a week for 4 weeks designed to last 8 sessions all together. In addition, the co-leaders meet regularly for 15 minutes before each session and 15 minutes afterward. Although the group is designed primarily for TAY (ages 18-24), current or former foster youth of any age are encourage to participate. Group members are especially encouraged to bring family members to the group, as the information provided could be of great beneficial. Sessions included that includes an introduction, personal triggers, avoiding conflict and violence, personal values and goals, improving communication skills, peer relationships, negotiation and mediation and ending with the final group session.

Intellectual transitions include changes such as starting primary school, moving classes, key stages or up to secondary school. Also leaving school and moving on to further education or employment. These can all be very stressful changes for some pupils, others however, may be more than ready for the next big step in their educational lives. Obviously, these transitions are all planned, and known about in advance so parents and teachers are able to discuss any issue, and provide support to nervous children. Our primary school has policies and procedures to make each stage less nerve - wracking for children. In our last half term of the school year each child will be told which class room they are going to be in, with

On September 1, 2012, I walked into my fifth grade teacher’s classroom for the first time in my life. Mrs.Cullen was standing in the front of the door with open arms ready to welcome her new fifth grade students. As I made my way to my desk and sat down next to Charlie Schutt and Quin Timmerman, I got the feeling that middle school would be a time of talking to some of my best friends and cruising through classes. As the school year progressed, and classroom seats changed, my thought of how Middle school would be changed as well. On the first day Mrs.Cullen explained our schedule, Homework detentions, and demerits. After about fifty questions, she sent us off to our first class, and the first step of our Middle School journey. The fifth grade

Being as this group is not in the average group setting, communication is key for greater results. Members should make good use of use group email, group discussion board forum, or text for updates and for clarifying any questions. All members are encouraged to check their emails and discussion boards daily. If a member is unable to fulfil their commitment, all other members should be notified immediately so that the task can be reassigned and completed in a timely manner. Exchanges will be open, honest, respectful and proactive.

I place a great value in the opportunities that are associated with this prestigious group. Access to undergraduate research opportunities, honors courses, early registration for courses, and opportunities to help serve the community will all

Change, for me has always been quite a scary and difficult concept. I want constants. I want to feel comfortable, and I am too stubborn to try new things. Though undesired, change is inevitable and I know life must move forward; so here I am, a shy, insecure, seventh grader moving forward onto my first day of junior high. I knew this was going to be terrifying simply by the size of the school; all four foot nine inches of me stood paralyzed at the main entrance of Poston Junior High. Not knowing who I would have in my classes or who I would sit with at lunch had to be the worst part. As I walked into my third hour, which was choir, I realized I knew nobody; sheer terror flushed over my face as I peered around looking for the friendliest face

Teachers, other licensed staff members and especially counselors are aware of the concerns of their students and the anxieties of moving into middle schools. But, sometimes this transition is more complicated for some students. A month and a half after the school started, teachers were able to identify students who were having difficulties adjusting to the school. It was important to support these student with open discussions and find out what were their fears or understand what they be worrying about. So The Soft Landing Group started and met for four session following an agenda, parents granted permissions to the participants, teachers were also partners allowing students to attend the group session during classes..

Come middle school, my new math class was much bigger and much less comfortable than my old classroom. The walls of art projects and unusual clocks were replaced with empty white walls, soon to be covered with worksheets and no-name homeworks. The blue miniature couches and clipboards became ordinary desks and chairs. The carpeted floor became hard tile. In short, the room was completely different, and not necessarily in a good way. During my middle school years I discovered

Children with ADHD are in need of a group that will help to improve their academic functioning. This group would be important for children with ADHD because those with ADHD have significant impairment in multiple domains of functioning. “The most problematic is academic impairments because children with ADHD will most likely be retained, placed in special education, and drop out of school

What is your chosen group background? What has it meant to belong to this group?

This is an article that specifically looks at anxiety in the school setting for adolescents. This article starts off with a story of a girl named Samantha. Samantha is a fourteen year old student that has test taking anxiety. She feels sweaty and would see the nurse daily because of her anxiousness. The article talks about the case of Samantha being common with many students in school. The article then goes into the different characteristics such as worry. Anxiety can manifest in three different ways: behaviorally, physiologically, and cognitively. Many different behaviors that children exhibit because of anxiety are reflected their attempts to control their anxiety. When discussing anxiety, there are different causes of anxiety and

The article articulates how the transition period of moving from the childhood school where many children have been since they started at school to a new school that is very different is a risk factor for anxiety in children. In correlation with the Robins and Trzesniewski article the two articles may indicate a helpful time to implement some helpful interventions on self-esteem. The transition between elementary school to middle/junior high school is extremely similar to the transition between childhood and adolescents. Both times are filled with high stress, changing roles, and coincidentally are happening around the same time. As a budding school psychologist, I found both articles helpful in understanding the best ways and times to implement interventions. Self-esteem is an important aspect of a child’s life and can affect many facets of their lives. As a school psychologist, it will be part of my job to find the best ways to use the knowledge I have gained, such as from the Robins and Trzesbuewski article and implement them to the best of my abilities. Knowing the timing for the best intervention is

The first day of school is nerve-wracking for most people, for me, the first day was especially terrifying. The first day of a college class is probably more crazy than all others. My mom and younger sister, Michaela, were busy taking pictures as I attempted to run out of the door. After being homeschooled for the last six years, I knew it would be a much different experience. I had been in my room alone doing school; I was content with where I was. The morning of the first day of class, I was so busy that I didn’t have time to be nervous. However, as I ran out the door, my heart rate elevated to a pace of 138 bpm. I felt older, nervous, excited, and anxious as I left for Pellissippi. Although it had been six years since I had been in a classroom, I realized that all of my worry was for nothing once I walked into Ms. Brown’s class.

Welcome to Focus, we are an organization that functions through a unique structure, with elements borrowed from several approaches and theories studied throughout the course of our year. Focus’s structure most closely models the systems approach. In addition to functioning like a human body, Focus has borrowed elements from the classical approach through ordered structuring of department levels, the family metaphor and human resources encapsulates our employees, and cognitive strategies to influence our decision making. Like a human body we need to operate at full capacity and so our group has added the best prescribed medicines, practices, to ensure that Focus efficiently functions internally between departments and employees as well as