TREATMENT STRATEGIES
- What would be the goals for your group?
Divorce rates are on an upward trend that has resulted in many children in America experiencing this. The tussle between two parents causes emotional pain and acting out in schools. As a result, there are various ways that can be used up to make the children strong in such times (Butler 11). This will involve setting goals for the group. This will involve educating and informing the children of the process to ensure that they are fully aware what divorce entails. Emotional support to the children that will soothe, help to identify, normalize, explore and accept what is happening around them. Other goals will include therapeutic support that will help them develop skills that will enable them to cope with their parents divorce (Children of divorce, 14). What would be some group rules for the participants to follow?
This program will not be successful if there are no rules. One they have to attend the support group. This will make one to realize that there is more in life than getting stressed up because of the parents while there is nothing that can be done to change it. Another rule will be to advocate for an open mind and a peaceful one (Children of divorce, 15). This will make the children see the other side of life with restricting themselves in a certain manner.
- How will you know if your group is successful?
In order to identify if the group is, a successful evaluation of the children has to be done. This is giving each child a chance to talk their mind out and what they have gathered all along the week (O'Connor et al 482). This will motivate each child to learn more from the support group by learning from other and giving the idea of being positive minded (Children of divorce 15).
- How will you organize the 45 minutes that the group will meet once a week?
Organizing the time the group will meet will require identifying the best time to do this. This will ensure that the time of the meeting in the support group does not collude with the normal learning and extra-curriculum activities.
Reference
Butler, Ian. Divorcing Children: Children's Experience of Their Parents' Divorce. London: Jessica Kingsley, 2003. Print.
Children of divorce; retrieved from http://content.bellevue.edu/cas/hs/442/id/children-of- divorce/page866.html
O'Connor, Kevin J, and Lisa D. Braverman. Play Therapy Theory and Practice: Comparing Theories and Techniques. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley, 2013. Internet resource.
