63rd Annual Conference
Thursday, February
23
Morning Open
Sessions
10:00
A.M.-1:15P.M.
Session
303
Popular
Group Programs to Help Kids Make Friends and Survive Bullying
Chair:
Patricia
McCaffrey, MS. MFT
Private Practice, Oakland and Castro
Valley, California
Panelists:
Rich Dutra, Ph.D.
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Challenge Day, Martinez, California
Kate Kretzmer,
LCSW,
Private Practice, Castro Valley, California
Robert Tyminski,
DMH, Ph.D.,
Clinical Consultant, Oakes Children's Center, San
Francisco, California
Discussant:
Connie Concannon,
LCSW, CGP, FAGPA,
Associate Clinical
Professor, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, California
Three innovative
programs for children and teens will be presented. Social Skills
groups have become popular among parents who have a child who has
difficulty making friends. Challenge Day occurs in agencies and
public schools; practitioners affect the group culture, countering
bullying and violence. Oakes Children Center public school and
private groups are for disturbed children; research findings on
these groups will be presented.
Learning
Objectives: T
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Become
acquainted with a variety of creative group process programs for
children and teens.
2. Begin to
understand the complex skills needed to successfully implement and
evaluate such programs.
3. Learn of
available resources to assist in creating these programs.
Course References:
1.
Tyminski, R. (2005). Long-term Group Psychotherapy for Children with
Pervasive Developmental Disorders: Evidence for group development.
International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, 55 (2) 189-210.
2. Kostal, S.
(2005). Social Skills Groups. San Francisco Magazine. 80-89.
3. Tertes, A.
(1997). Challenge Days. In J. Canfield (Ed.). Chicken Soup for the
Teenage Soul. Deerfield Beach, FL: Health Communications, Inc.
183-186. |
