Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt
$21.95
Sally Jo Blair
This sensitive and insightful resource provides concrete, usable tools to help kids in grades 3 through 8 successfully deal with painful issues. In a world where increasingly tough problems trigger a vast array of hurt, anger, fear, grief, anxiety, and confusion children hunger for support and an opportunity for healing. This book provides specific group experiences that create an environment of safety and trust, and activities that help kids acknowledge and move through their pain.
The book reflects the author’s compassion and belief in the ability of children to heal, drawn from over 30 years experience as an educator/counselor. A myriad of activities, discussion topics, reproducible experience sheets, and journal pages focus on the common denominator of hurt. This makes Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt a comprehensive manual for setting up and facilitating groups which provide guidance, peer support and healing insights.
Appropriate for kids suffering the pain of:
- Divorce and separation
- Loss of a loved one
- Relationship struggles
- Physical or mental abuse
- Drug use in the home
- Incarceration of a parent
- Loneliness and isolation due to poverty, teasing, rejection or disability
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Overview
- Benefits
- How to use this book
- Leadership and Group Dynamics
SECTION I
A Positive Beginning
- Awareness Check
- Creating Group Rules
- Goal Setting
- Healing Hurt and Pain
- S-T-O-P That Negative Thought
SECTION II
- Managing Anger
- Learning to Forgive
- Kindness, Compliments and Affirmations
My Body-Mind Connection
- Self-Massage
- Affirm Your Body
The Healing Power of Compassion, Humor and Joy
- The Feelings of Joy and Laughter
- The Power of Gratitude
Recovery From Grief and Loss
- Healing a Broken Heart
- Reflecting On Cherished Memories
Goal Setting and Service to Others
- Moving Forward with Goal Setting
- Experiencing Kindness and Service to Others
SECTION III
Closure
- Part 1 – Feedback
- Part 2 – Getting Closure
- Part 3 – Celebration and good-bye
Group Evaluation Form
Primary Subject Area – Counseling
Grades 3-8, 104 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, paperback, reproducible
Description
Sally Jo Blair
This sensitive and insightful resource provides concrete, usable tools to help kids in grades 3 through 8 successfully deal with painful issues. In a world where increasingly tough problems trigger a vast array of hurt, anger, fear, grief, anxiety, and confusion children hunger for support and an opportunity for healing. This book provides specific group experiences that create an environment of safety and trust, and activities that help kids acknowledge and move through their pain.
The book reflects the author’s compassion and belief in the ability of children to heal, drawn from over 30 years experience as an educator/counselor. A myriad of activities, discussion topics, reproducible experience sheets, and journal pages focus on the common denominator of hurt. This makes Group Activities for Kids Who Hurt a comprehensive manual for setting up and facilitating groups which provide guidance, peer support and healing insights.
Appropriate for kids suffering the pain of:
- Divorce and separation
- Loss of a loved one
- Relationship struggles
- Physical or mental abuse
- Drug use in the home
- Incarceration of a parent
- Loneliness and isolation due to poverty, teasing, rejection or disability
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Overview
- Benefits
- How to use this book
- Leadership and Group Dynamics
SECTION I
A Positive Beginning
- Awareness Check
- Creating Group Rules
- Goal Setting
- Healing Hurt and Pain
- S-T-O-P That Negative Thought
SECTION II
- Managing Anger
- Learning to Forgive
- Kindness, Compliments and Affirmations
My Body-Mind Connection
- Self-Massage
- Affirm Your Body
The Healing Power of Compassion, Humor and Joy
- The Feelings of Joy and Laughter
- The Power of Gratitude
Recovery From Grief and Loss
- Healing a Broken Heart
- Reflecting On Cherished Memories
Goal Setting and Service to Others
- Moving Forward with Goal Setting
- Experiencing Kindness and Service to Others
SECTION III
Closure
- Part 1 – Feedback
- Part 2 – Getting Closure
- Part 3 – Celebration and good-bye
Group Evaluation Form
Primary Subject Area – Counseling
Grades 3-8, 104 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, paperback, reproducible
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