Skills for Living: Group Counseling Activities for Young Adolescents

Rating:
Summary: A great curriculum for busy psychologists and counselors
Review: I am a busy psychologist working in a large school system. With my caseload, I didn't have time to write my own curriculum for groups, so when I found this at a conference, I was so excited. It has a day by day program of activities. Some are a little "hokey" for older teens (hence the 4 stars) so you may want to modify as appropriate, but my favorite thing about this is it includes pre- and post-tests which give you empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of the program. I am ordering the version for my elementary students as well.

Rating:
Summary: A great curriculum for busy psychologists and counselors
Review: I am a busy psychologist working in a large school system. With my caseload, I didn't have time to write my own curriculum for groups, so when I found this at a conference, I was so excited. It has a day by day program of activities. Some are a little "hokey" for older teens (hence the 4 stars) so you may want to modify as appropriate, but my favorite thing about this is it includes pre- and post-tests which give you empirical evidence as to the effectiveness of the program. I am ordering the version for my elementary students as well.

Rating:
Summary: use with caution
Review: It should be noted that the activities in the book are geared towards early middle schoolers. I was hoping to use these activities for a wider range of adolescents. The book offers some great ideas and topics that are very important to many adolescents. I feel that overall I will only use this book as a guideline to develop topics to cover in different groups.