Group Counseling: Techniques for Teaching Social Skills to Students with Special Needs

This paper examines literature that supports the use of group counseling techniques in the school setting to teach social skills to children and adolescents with special needs. From the review of this literature it was found that group counseling is a very effective way of addressing a variety of so...

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Published inEducation (Chula Vista) Vol. 130; no. 3; pp. 509 - 512
Main Authors Stephens, Derk, Jain, Sachin, Kim, Kioh
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Project Innovation, Inc 22.03.2010
Project Innovation (Alabama)
Subjects
Adolescents
Behavior
Children
Counseling Effectiveness
Counseling Techniques
Group Counseling
Interpersonal Competence
Methods
School Counselors
Skill Development
Special Needs Students
Teachers
Teaching
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Summary:This paper examines literature that supports the use of group counseling techniques in the school setting to teach social skills to children and adolescents with special needs. From the review of this literature it was found that group counseling is a very effective way of addressing a variety of social skills problems that can be displayed by very differing populations within the school setting. The implications of this research for the school counselor are included, as well as some cautions to consider before applying group counseling to students in the schools.
ISSN:0013-1172