66th Annual Conference
Thursday, February
21
Afternoon Open
Sessions
2:30-5:00 P.M.
Session
306
Utilization of Group Psychotherapy to Improve Educational Outcomes
With Diverse Populations in Schools
Chair:
Connie
Concannon, LCSW, CGP, FAGPA, UCSF, Langley Porter, San
Francisco, California
Panelists:
Isela
Garcia, M.S.W., Social Work Specialist--Diablo Community
Center, Mt. Diablo Unified School District Concord, California
Jeff
Middleton, LCSW,
Social Work Specialist--Foster Youth Services, Mt. Diablo Unified
School District, Concord, California
Hector
Rivera-Lopez Ph.D.,
Clinical
Psychologist, Contra Costa County Children's Mental Health Program,
Concord, California
A panel will
discuss successful groups in schools that are working with high-risk
recently immigrated Latino adolescents addressing cultural issues
and obstacles to having access to a thriving education such as
language, socio-economics, the acculturation process, family issues,
traditional culture versus American culture, gangs, and spirituality.
Learning
Objectives:
The attendee will
be able to:
1. Analyze the use
of group to improve educational outcomes among recently immigrated
populations.
2. Distinguish and
discuss unique group approaches and issues in working with Latino
adolescents in contrast to traditional group approaches .
3. Identify
specific cultural issues experienced by Latino adolescents and
discuss how to address these issues in a group context.
Course References:
Koss, J.D. &
Vargas, L.A., Editors (1992) Working with culture: Psychotherapeutic
interventions with ethnic minority children and adolescents. San
Francisco: Jossey-Bass
Koss-Chioino, J.D.
(2006). Spiritual Transformation, Relation and Radical Empathy: Core
Components of the Ritual Healing Process. Transcultural Psychiatry,
Vol. 43, No. 4, 652-670
Malekoff, A.
(2004). Group Work with Adolescents: Principles and Practice. New
York, NY: Guilford Press
Szapocznik, J.;
Rio, A.; Perez-Vidal, A.; Kurtines, W.; Hervis, O. (1986).
Bicultural Effectiveness Training (BET): An Experimental Test of an
Intervention Modality for Families Experiencing
Intergenerational/Intercultural Conflict. Hispanic Journal of
Behavioral Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 4, 303-330 |
