Articles
Gatekeepers,
Gatecrashers, and Gateways in Group Work with Kids
Having worked
with countless children and teenagers in groups for over thirty years, I discovered
early on that whatever world I occupied outside of their presence with my professional
reputation and credentials, these meant little to the kids I worked with or, for
that matter, to my own children. Some years ago I found something that one of
my sons wrote about me in a school essay (Clich On Title to
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Why
We Get No Respect: Existential Dilemmas for Group Workers Who Work with Kids'
Groups
Group work with kids is rarely neat. It is more abstract than
still life, more jazz than classical. Group workers worth their salt invite their
young group members to be co-creators. This is a radical concept for many grown-ups,
although not a new one. Neither is the antipathy it generates from those within
earshot of kids' groups. When one chooses to work with children and youth in groups,
skepticism and scorn follow. Group workers can either embrace or avoid the cynics
in their midst. What they cannot do is escape them (Clich On
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A Guide for the Development of School-Based Mental Health Partnerships
A Guide to School-Based Mental Health Partnerships is intended for professionals
in the education and mental health fields and for interested parents. The guide
offers some direction for developing collaborative efforts to address the needs
of students with serious emotional disturbances
(ADOBE FILE).
If you can't view the file download the Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
Media
Strengths
Based Groups - Work with Children & Adolescents 02/14/05 (click
below to play clip. If you need Realplayer, download below).
This 50-minute
webcast was originally presented to groups across the US, Canada, and Australia
to professionals working with children and adolescent groups. Andrew Malekoff,
associate director of North Shore Child & Family Guidance Center and author
of Group Work with Adolescents (Guilford Press) presents and illustrates seven-principles
for strengths-based group work. Included are Mr. Malekoff's original poetry on
working with children and youth and an interactive segment (question and answer)
with the international audience sending in their comments via email at the end
of the webcast.
