¶ … Group Counseling for Jake Green
Group Description
The group will be designed for children suffering from Attention Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The group will be for young children aimed at focusing on self-awareness. The children will be taught self-management skills like positive self-talk techniques and self-soothing behaviors. All this is aimed at improving their social skills and improve interactions with others. Having a group of ADHD children will allow Jake to recognize he is not alone and he will be able to interact with other children who have the same challenges. The group to be created will be a psychoeducational group because the purpose is to develop the members feeling, thinking, and behavioral skills by using a structured learning format. Psychoeducational groups are aimed at high-functioning individuals who have a deficit in specific areas (Pitschel-Walz et al., 2006). The group will be focused on educating group members regarding their disorder and how to cope with the disorder, which is beneficial for Jake Green. A psychoeducational group is the first step for successful school-based treatment for children and adolescents. A psychoeducational group would offer Jake long-term effects, and he would be better able to interact with other children and family members. This is because psychoeducation offers vital information that will enable him to deal with his condition. The knowledge provided will allow Jake to know his diagnosis and understand what it means, what to expect, and will be aware of his overall trajectory of the condition. The more Jake is informed, aware, and knowledgeable of his condition and how this affects his life and the lives of others, the more he can have control over his life. This will also allow him to better deal and live with his condition. All this can only be offered by a psychoeducational group. A psychoeducational group would empower Jake, and those close to him and help to diminish any barriers to a successful treatment through the acknowledgment of the condition and recognition of the importance of medication and psychotherapy.
Psychoeducational groups are also provided the group members the opportunity to incorporate what they learn in groups sessions in their lives using skill-building exercises (Shechtman, Bar-El, & Hadar, 1997). This is beneficial and offers long-term effects because the group members are able to practice what they learn and implement it. This way they can easily adapt to different situations and know how to deal with various scenarios when the group ends. Considering that Jake is hyperactive and inattentive, he needs to learn how to cope with his underlying condition of ADHD. Many people have not identified this as the main cause of his problems and once they all know they can be more supportive to him. Jake also needs to learn how to cope with the condition in a normal way if he is going to lead a normal and full life. The only way this would be possible is through group therapy, and psychoeducational groups offer this knowledge. Interacting with other children who have the same condition is also beneficial to Jake as it allows him to know and learn that he is not alone. Dealing and learning with others is also a great way of understanding the effects of his condition and how he can manage the condition.
Rationale for the Group
The main aims for the group is offering the group members an opportunity to learn about their condition and understand that they are not alone. Interacting with other with the same condition within the group allows each one of them to see and recognize they are not alone and they can all learn from one another. It has been noted that children suffering from ADHD do care about others it's just that they unaware of the need to consider others perspectives. This is a huge problem, and it is for this reason that most ADHD children are considered to be arrogant and unruly. The group will be aimed at addressing this concern and teaching the children how to look at things from the perspective of others. Within a group, the children will be dealing with each other, and they would be learning vital social skills that would improve their peer relationships and teach them interpersonal interaction skills, which would facilitate their success in the
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